Understanding the Needs of the Dying: Bringing Hope, Comfort and Love to Life’s Final Chapter – David Kessler

Featuring David KesslerRenowned End-of-Life Expert, Author Featured on “Dr. Oz”, “Oprah & Friends”, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, PBS, People Magazine, “Entertainment Tonight”, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles TimesDavid Kessler, best-selling author, collaborator with the legendary Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, and well-known expert on palliative care, hospice and end-of-life issues will provide you the newest information on death, grief and deathbed phenomena … real, tested, engaging information you will not find anywhere else.Delve deeper into the mysteries of life and death exploring key topicsNew studies on deathbed visions, and the role they play in end-of-life careTools for sensitivity and discretion for balancing wishes of the dying and family with medical, ethical and legal considerationsCommunication strategies for necessary difficult and emotion conversationsDeeper insight on how anticipatory grief shapes end-of-life experiencesUnderstand why children are often the forgotten grievers, and how to helpCultural differences and new sensitivity to careAssisted suicideIt’s guaranteed to be a seminar that will enhance your work as a caregiver and David will provide so much insight, tools, strategies and inspiring information, you’ll look forward to the next day at your work … so you can immediately begin to use all you have learned.Identify common needs of the dying and ways to meet across many health care settingsDiscover ways to discuss end of life issues while allowing miracles and hopeIdentify the differences and commonalities of palliative and hospice care modelsDefine anticipatory grief and how it shapes the end of life experience for patients and familiesGain tools and techniques to manage our own reactions to loss in the workplaceInterpret and resolve conflict regarding advance directives and code statusDescribe tools to help children cope with a love one dyingIdentify common characteristics of deathbed visions and normalize them for familiesPrepare techniques for running a successful family conferenceDefine how fears about pain addiction can play a role in family dynamics at the end of lifeOutline the role of spirituality and its role in the last years of lifeSigns of Impending DeathPreparing family for physical changesInterventions for coping with emotional changes in the familyUsing near death awareness as a predictor in clinical settingsPalliative Care ModelAcademic settings vs communityPhysician led vs non physician ledRoles of physician, nurse, social worker, case manager, discharge planner, clergyWhat’s best – hospital, home health, hospice, skilled nursing facilityJoint commission certificationHospiceRemoving barriersHow hospice can increase length of stay while decreasing hospital timeBereavement services to enhance community partnershipsDeath Related Sensory Experiences (Death Bed Visions)Effective and ineffective models for family coping and integrationReligion in patients’ deathbed visionsUsing the law to normalize the dying experienceClinical/palliative care studies, research of near death awarenessAdvance DirectivesPhysician order for life-sustaining treatmentMake advance directives useful and medically effectiveD.N.R. (do not resuscitate) vs. A.N.D. (allow natural death)Code status and impact on the grieving processAnticipatory GriefTreatment strategies for hospice, palliative care and mental health care professionalsTools for normalizingHelping the Dying Patient’s ChildrenHow the media shapes a child’s view of deathTools for preparing a child for lossInterventions for coping with funeralsWhy children are often the forgotten grievers and how to helpThe Ethics Committee and End of LifeHow and when to use your ethics committeeHow and why members of the end of life team can participateTechniques for helping families get the most out of the ethics meetingsAvoid the common pitfalls of ethics committees at the end of lifeHope and MiraclesHow to help families integrate desire for miracles at the end of lifeTechniques for honoring hope without fostering denialCultural DifferencesAffecting care of the dyingTools for successfully bridging the gap with healthcare providers and familiesThe Question of Assisted SuicideUnderstanding the current debateThe realities of withdrawing care vs. assisted suicideLearn techniques for addressing patient’s requests for assisted suicide within the facilities and health care provider’s beliefs systemTag: Understanding the Needs of the Dying: Bringing Hope, Comfort and Love to Life’s Final Chapter – David Kessler Review. Understanding the Needs of the Dying: Bringing Hope, Comfort and Love to Life’s Final Chapter – David Kessler download. Understanding the Needs of the Dying: Bringing Hope, Comfort and Love to Life’s Final Chapter – David Kessler discount.