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Regional Hospice Services, Gogebic Co. MSU Extension, and Iron Co.
UW-Extension will join together later this month to present the Hospice
Foundation of America’s 17th annual Living With Grief teleconference.
This year’s topic focuses on “Cancer and End-of-Life Care.” The
teleconference will address care options related to cancer diagnoses as
well as loss and grief reactions for patients, families and professional
caregivers. The teleconference will also examine psychosocial aspects of
cancer, pain management, and ethical issues related to the disease.
The teleconference will take place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, from
12:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the county board room of the Iron County
Courthouse in Hurley. There is no cost to attend, but
preregistration is encouraged by calling Regional Hospice at (906)
932-7076 or MSU Extension at 663-4045 or toll-free at 1-888-MSUE-4-MI
(Gogebic).
Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public
Affairs at The George Washington University, will lead a panel that
includes: Yvette Colón, Director of Education & Support at American Pain
Foundation; Malene Davis, President & CEO at Capital Hospice; Kenneth J.
Doka, Professor of Gerontology at The College of New Rochelle; Richard
Payne, Director, Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke University;
Sherry R Schachter, Director Bereavement Services at Calvary
Hospital/Hospice; and Brad Stuart, Medical Director at Sutter VNA &
Hospice.
Each year the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA)
presents a nationally recognized distance learning program, live via
satellite and webcast, to more than 125,000 people in 2,000 communities.
For more than a decade, this annual educational program has been
instrumental in educating health care professionals and families on issues
affecting end-of-life care.
The program also provides an
opportunity for a wide variety of professionals – including doctors,
nurses, funeral directors, psychologists, educators, social workers and
bereavement counselors – to exchange ideas and obtain continuing education
credits for a small fee.
For more information please call Regional
Hospice or MSU Extension.
Lucia M. Patritto
County Extension
Director
Michigan State University Extension – Gogebic County
Natural Resources Center
500 North Moore Street, Bessemer, MI
49911
Telephone: (906) 663-4045; Fax: (906) 663-4058
patritto@msu.edu
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