HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA’S
17th ANNUAL LIVING WITH GRIEF® TELECONFERENCE

Hospice of Marshall County and Marshall Medical Center South will host a live satellite webcast titled, “Cancer and End-of-Life Care” on Wednesday, March 24th from 12:30-3:00 p.m. in Marshall Medical Center South’s Physician’s Office Building, First Floor Classroom located at 2505 US Hwy 431, Boaz, AL. Participants should bring their own lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided. The webcast is free! Participants who wish to purchase CEU’s may do so by checks, written out to HFA, the day of the broadcast. Seating is limited. Pre-registration by calling Hospice of Marshall County at (256) 891-7724 or toll free 1-888-334-9336 is requested.

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 provides an opportunity for a wide variety of professionals – including doctors, nurses, funeral directors, psychologists, educators, social workers and bereavement counselors – to share and exchange ideas and obtain continuing education credits.

This year HFA’s 17th Annual National Bereavement Teleconference 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 care-givers. The teleconference will also examine psychosocial aspects of cancer, pain management, and ethical issues related to the disease. The teleconference will be moderated by Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University.

Mr. Sesno will lead the panel of noted authorities 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 this award-winning, televised broadcast is seen in more than 2,000 communities across North America, reaching an estimated live audience of 125,000 people. The teleconference is produced by Hospice Foundation of America, a not-for-profit organization, which acts as an advocate for the hospice concept of care through ongoing programs of professional education, public information and research on issues relating to illness, loss, grief and bereavement.