Living Life to the End with Dignity, Respect and Understanding
A five-session series for long term care staff via Zoom
Session Dates: September 22, October 6, October 20, November 10 and December 15
All sessions meet from 2:00pm – 3:30 pm via Zoom
Most nursing home residents will experience the end of their life in the care of nursing home staff, often with the help of a hospice team. Discussions about end-of-life wishes are best to have early on in the person’s admission to the nursing home, before there is a change in condition, so that residents, families, and staff are prepared and unnecessary hospital admissions are avoided.
This five-part series will provide training and tools for nursing home staff to develop the skills necessary for talking about end-of-life care and to document these preferences using the MOLST and ePOLST, as well the medical record. The COVID-19 pandemic has also highlighted the need for a team-based, cross continuum approach to communicating end of life wishes across the health care spectrum.
Target Audiences: The caregiving team, including Medical Directors, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses and CNAs, Social Workers, Admission Directors, Administrators
Presenters:
- Martha Hayward, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Faculty/Lead for Patient/Public Engagement
- Larissa Lucas, MD, North Shore Physicians Group
Please click here to download a registration form.