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SAVE THE DATE  

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

The NHHPCO
13th Annual Fall Conference:
Pain and Beyond

The Radisson Hotel, Center of New Hampshire
Manchester, NH

 8:00 am – 3:45 pm
Opening Remarks start at 8:00 am 

Keynote Speakers

 

Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor of Medical Sociology – Department of Health Care Policy/Harvard Medical School
Professor of Sociology –Department of Sociology/Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Attending Physician – Mount Auburn Hospital/Internal Medicine Department

 “How Long Do I Have to Live?  - Why Prognostic Questions Trouble Doctors”

 “How Illness and Health Care in One Spouse Affects the Survival of the Other”

Gary Gardia, M.Ed., LCSW, CT

Private Psychotherapist, Speaker and Consultant
 “Beyond Emotional Support:  Taking a More Assertive Approach to Patient Care”

 

Concurrent Sessions

A Variety of Concurrent Sessions will be offered from 1:00 – 2:15 pm and 2:30 – 3:45 pm:

“Pain Management Made Ridiculously Simple"
Kate Faulkner, MD
Medical Director, Old Colony Hospice & Instructor, Tufts University Medical School

“Addiction Issues in the Use of Opiods for
Pain Control in Advanced Disease”

Seddon Savage, MD, MS
Director, Dartmouth Center on Addiction Recovery and Education (DCARE)

“Breaking Bad News”
Gerard Tobin, PhD, Dip. N.
Acting Director of Academic & Professional Affairs in Nursing Director Postgraduate Teaching & Learning, School of Nursing & Midwifery Studies, Trinity College, Dublin

The Value of Intended Movement of Human Energy in EOL”
Rondi McCullough Boyer, CEH
Intuitive Touch Therapy

“Working with Family Systems and Challenging Personalities”
Gary Gardia, M.Ed., LCSW, CT

 Music by:   AKSARA
www.innerharmonymusic.com

 This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category I Credit™
Nursing & Social Work Contact Hours will be applied for.  Certificates of Attendance will be provided.
Detailed Brochures will be mailed in August. 
 

 For Additional Information call NHHPCO (603) 225-0900

HHPCO 10th Annual Fall Conference Schedule

 7:30-8:00 am

Registration/Exhibits

 8:00-8:15 am

Welcome/Remarks

 8:15-9:15 am

Plenary Session — Hospice & Palliation in the Long Term Care Setting:  Enhancing Comfort and Dignity  - Kerry Cranmer, MD, CMD

 9:15-10:15 am

Plenary Session — The Ethics and Practice of Loving Care - Ira R. Byock, MD

 10:15-10:45 am

Break/Exhibits

 10:45-11:45 am

Plenary Session — Palliative Care: Gateway to Hospice - Gretchen Brown, MSW

 11:45 am-1:00 pm

Lunch/Exhibits

 1:00-2:15 pm

Breakout Sessions — (choose from the following)

A

Advanced Pain & Symptom Management - Paul M. Arnstein, RN, PhD, FNP-C

B

Introductory Pain Management - Linda K. Hotchkiss, RN, CHPN

C

Beyond Words: Expressive Therapy Techniques to Expand Communication and Gain Access to Feelings  Leslie Schwarz, MEd

D

BOATING - Before Offering A Treatment Identify New Goals -     

a one-act play presented by Seacoast Hospice

E

Where Mission & Market Meet: Learning to Say Yes - Gretchen Brown, MSW

F

The Regulatory Climate & Hospice /Palliative Care Interface: A Blending of Cultures in Long Term Care - Kerry Cranmer, MD

G

Through a Child’s Eyes: Exploring Life & Death Issues with Children

Virginia Fry, MA

 2:15-2:30 pm

Break/Exhibits

 2:30-3:45 pm

Breakout Sessions — (choose from the following)

A -  D

Sessions A - D (listed above) are repeated

H

Heaven or Hell: Does Hospice Have the Answer? - Wes Burwell, BA, MDiv, DMin

I

Next Generation Approach to State-Wide Benchmarking for Performance  Improvement & Strategic Decision-Making - C. Andrew Martin, BS, RN, CHPN

J

Boundaries without Barriers: Balancing Professionalism with a Caring  Connection  - Virginia Fry, MA

 3:45-4:00 pm

Evaluations

 

 

 

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