CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS FOR HEALTHCARE

“I have found today really quite amazing and eye opening”

“A fantastic course. I would have liked more of it!”

“The course should be repeated many times to give others the opportunity to learn so much.”

What delegates say they took back to their work:

“Skills for opening conversations and an awareness of where I need ‘self’ to be before and afterwards.”

“Finding ways that the team can develop this as more than just documenting preferred place of care, which isn’t really working.”

Do staff in your organization realize the power they hold to ensure or prevent compassionate options from being possible for those in their care?

Do they know how to access and sustain emotional presence and patient-centered communication in the midst of the most stressful times in healthcare?

Are they supported to hold compassionate conversations with others?

Workshops and programs that ensure critical personal awareness, interpersonal practices, essential self-care, and professional commitment to support compassionate end of life choices and care. Programs are designed for each organization and are appropriate for all healthcare professionals (nursing home, hospice, and all hospital staff ) impacted by the serious illness or death of their patients, those who hold a role for communicating options or referring patients for palliative or hospice care, and staff and volunteers directly working in end of life care. Topics include: How to Sustain Compassionate Care in the Midst of 21st Century Medicine; When Medicine Isn’t Enough-What Can You Offer?; One Mother’s Choice: A Patient and Healthcare Perspective on End of Life Conversations and Support; Talk About It! Your Role in a Continuum of Care.

Customized programs have been developed and delivered internationally.