Hospice Foundation of America E-Newsletter
March 2003
Hospice Foundation of America E-Newsletter
Volume 3, Issue 3
March 2003
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Message from David Abrams, President
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On April 30, HFA will broadcast its Tenth Anniversary National Bereavement Teleconference, "Living With Grief: Coping With Public Tragedy." Over the last ten years, the teleconference has come to be recognized as the leading grief and bereavement training program in the country, having reached more than a half million professionals in communities across the US and Canada. We thank everyone who has participated and plans to join us this year and hope we'll continue to learn from each other to provide the best support possible to those facing death and grief.
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Focus on: HFA Supporters and Partners
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The following organizations are all doing important work in the field of end-of-life care and grief. We are grateful to them for their support of our 10th annual National Bereavement Teleconference.
Sponsored in part by a grant from:
The Foundation for End-of-Life Care, whose goal is to transform
dying into the final act of living well. The Foundation
is committed to improving end-of-life care for
individual patients and their families while supporting
fundamental, societal change and will champion this
change through research, education and advocacy.
Last Acts is a campaign to improve end-of-life care by a coalition of professional and consumer organizations. Read the text of the recent report, "Means to a Better End: A Report on Dying in America Today" and learn more about other initiatives. [Note: This campaign has ended.]
In cooperation with:
The Adventist Communication Network, which will broadcast
the teleconference live over its national network with
more than 1,300 satellite locations. Many members of
the ACN will make their facilities available to local
groups who wish to host a teleconference site in their
communities. To find the nearest Adventist
Communication Network site and check availability,
call ACN at 1-877-223-8368.
The Association for Death Education and Counseling, a multi-disciplinary professional organization dedicated to promoting excellence in death education, bereavement counseling, and care of the dying.
The Compassionate Friends, a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings.
The Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute, whose mission is to understand and transform the culture and experience of dying and bereavement through initiatives in research, scholarship, the humanities, and the arts, and to foster innovations in the provision of care, public education, professional education, and public policy.
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HFA Featured Resource
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HFA has a number of resources that focus on specific aspects of bereavement. The losses and grief associated with Alzheimer's Disease brings about unique and ongoing challenges. In an article written in conjunction with last year's teleconference on "Loss in Later Life", author Lin Noyes wrote about how healthcare professionals can help families face these difficult situations.
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Locate a Teleconference Site
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If you are an individual interested in attending the HFA Tenth Annual Teleconference broadcast in April, you can locate a site in your area.
Please be sure to contact the local site coordinator listed for information about attending the teleconference at his or her location. Some sites have limited space and a reservation must be made with the local site coordinator. Individual attendees do not need to register with Hospice Foundation of America. If there is no site listed in your area, check back as new sites are added regularly.
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Site Coordinator's Corner
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Site Coordinators should have received the Satellite Coordinates for the April 30 broadcast. Please be sure to pass them along to your technical coordinator. The coordinates can be found on the password-protected Site Coordinator page of HFA's web site. Site coordinators must return the Program Request Form to the HFA office by March 21; the form can be found on page 12 of the site coordinator's manual. The information can be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to telecon@hospicefoundation.org. Please note: Programs will only be sent to sites that send in a request form. The Program will also be available in April as a PDF on our web site and can be printed from there.
Book orders must be made, with payment, by April 11 in order to ensure delivery by the broadcast date. Please use the order form on page 28 of the Site Coordinators Manual. Companion books will be available to site coordinators at the reduced price until May 30.
If you have questions or concerns about your registration, please call us at 800-854-3402 or send an email to telecon@hospicefoundation.org.
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F.Y.I.
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Hospice Foundation of America is pleased to honor social workers during National Professional Social Work Month. The theme for the 20th annual celebration of the social work profession is "The Power of Social Work: Preserving Rights and Strengthening Voices." More information can be found through the National Association of Social Workers at http://www.naswdc.org/
The National Family Caregivers Association will sponsor
a train-the-trainer conference, "'Communicating
Effectively with Healthcare Professionals," in
Orlando, FL on March 21 and 22. More information can
be found at NFCA's web site:
http://www.nfcacares.org
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This newsletter is published by Hospice Foundation of America
Jack D. Gordon, Chairman
David Abrams, President http://www.hospicefoundation.org
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