HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Define dementia and know what signs and symptoms to be on the lookout for. Covers changes in communication with a dementia patient and how to develop meaningful interactions.

Identification of patients with end-stage diseases who may benefit from hospice. Includes what to expect as the disease progresses.

How to best support patients with end-stage dementia. Includes developing individualized, patient-centered care plans and how to connect with patients through their various senses.

Program designed to help the clinician or caregiver with the types of stress they may encounter when supporting patients nearing the end of life. Includes understanding the continuum of emotional involvement, defining individual stressors, and methods to manage that stress.

Broad overview of All Care’s hospice and palliative care philosophy. Includes who are the members of the hospice team and their roles, the levels of hospice care available to patients, as well as Medicare eligibility.

Similar to the Hospice 101 program but with a focus specifically for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF).

Program designed to help clinicians identify CHF criteria for Medicare eligibility. Includes what to be looking for in a palliative care patient’s heart failure data to transition them to hospice when the time is right. Also covers hospice heart failure education and the benefit to the patient and caregivers.

Program designed to further explain the General Inpatient (GIP) benefit and when it’s appropriate to access. Includes non-cancer appropriate diagnoses and what a prognosis of six-months or less looks like.

Covers the advantages of methadone over other opioids, the difference between hydrophilic and lipophilic drugs, and neuropathic pain as monotherapy.

Program designed to help the clinician and caregiver identify when a specific behavior needs to be managed, the potential causes of the behavior and best practices on managing it respectively. 

How to deal with losses as a result of a loved one having dementia. Support and suggestions on learning to grieve the loss while your loved one is still alive.

Helping the griever as they enter the second year of grief after losing a loved one. Focuses on celebrating how far one has come in their grief and how to embrace and manage the coming year.

Practical tips on how to have a meaningful visit with someone who has memory impairment.

Defines All Care’s hospice philosophy, describes what to expect with hospice care, dispels common hospice myths, and reviews hospice benefits.

Describes All Care’s Bridge to Hospice methodology, Medicare eligibility, clinical readiness for hospice, as well as the benefits to patients and families. Provides ways to introduce the Bridge to Hospice with patients and families.

Reviews the Massachusetts Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form (MOLST) and compares it with a Health Care Proxy. Covers when to use MOLST, how to complete the MOLST form, and acute care hospitalization protocol when MOLST is active.

Helps participants identify the difference between normal age-related memory loss and progressive dementia.

Grief 101 program that covers the basics of grief after a loss.

How to have end-of-life conversations with patients and families. Strategies to handle reluctance around discussing hospice and death, hospice eligibility, and common hospice myths.