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
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HHPCO 10th Annual Fall Conference Schedule |
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7:30-8:00 am |
Registration/Exhibits |
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8:00-8:15 am |
Welcome/Remarks |
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8:15-9:15 am |
Plenary Session — Hospice & Palliation in the Long
Term Care Setting: Enhancing Comfort and
Dignity
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Kerry Cranmer, MD, CMD |
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9:15-10:15 am |
Plenary Session — The Ethics and Practice of Loving
Care
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Ira
R. Byock, MD |
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10:15-10:45 am |
Break/Exhibits |
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10:45-11:45 am |
Plenary Session — Palliative Care: Gateway to
Hospice
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Gretchen Brown, MSW |
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11:45 am-1:00 pm |
Lunch/Exhibits |
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1:00-2:15 pm |
Breakout Sessions —
(choose from the following) |
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A |
Advanced Pain & Symptom Management
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Paul M. Arnstein, RN, PhD, FNP-C |
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B |
Introductory Pain Management
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Linda K. Hotchkiss, RN, CHPN |
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C |
Beyond Words: Expressive Therapy Techniques to
Expand Communication and Gain Access to Feelings
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Leslie Schwarz, MEd |
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D |
BOATING -
Before
Offering
A
Treatment
Identify
New
Goals
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a one-act play presented by Seacoast Hospice |
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E |
Where Mission & Market Meet: Learning to Say Yes
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Gretchen Brown, MSW |
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F |
The Regulatory Climate & Hospice /Palliative Care
Interface: A Blending of Cultures in Long Term Care
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Kerry Cranmer, MD |
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G |
Through a Child’s Eyes: Exploring Life & Death
Issues with Children
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Virginia Fry, MA |
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2:15-2:30 pm |
Break/Exhibits |
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2:30-3:45 pm |
Breakout Sessions —
(choose from the following) |
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A - D |
Sessions A - D
(listed above)
are repeated |
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H |
Heaven or Hell: Does Hospice Have the Answer?
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Wes Burwell, BA, MDiv, DMin |
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I |
Next Generation Approach to State-Wide Benchmarking
for Performance Improvement & Strategic
Decision-Making
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C. Andrew Martin, BS, RN, CHPN |
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J |
Boundaries without Barriers: Balancing
Professionalism with a Caring Connection
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Virginia Fry, MA |
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3:45-4:00 pm |
Evaluations |
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