Making Difficult Decisions at the End of Life

HEALTHCARE Nov 16, 2017 60 minutes
01:00 PM EST 12:00 PM CST 11:00 AM MST 10:00 AM PST

Description:-

End of life issues related to aggressive measures.

Why should you attend?

Everyone will face the end of life decisions revolving around aggressive treatment as well as processes related to death. My goal is to give an overview of hospice care, end of life mechanisms, and provide knowledge for each individual to make informed decisions about end of life.

Areas Covered in the Session:

  • Overview of hospice
  • Topics on CPR, IVs, Tube feedings, Dialysis, TPN, Starvation, Dehydration, and management of pain
  • How to help clinicians and physicians be able to discuss difficult topics with patients and families.

Who will benefit:

  • Community
  • clinicians
  • physicians
  • educators in hospice/palliative care. Everyone
Presenter BIO

Michelle Crowell is the president of the Alabama Hospice & Palliative Care Organization and has been in the nursing field for 25 years with a focus in hospice for the last 15 years. She is currently the Regional QAPI coordinator for LHC Group Inc., serving over the states of Alabama and Idaho, and has served in many capacities in hospice over the years, including most recently as State Administrator.

Her passion is serving in the hospice and end-of-life care arena. She has authored two books, What Do You See?, which focuses on documentation for hospice eligibility, and It’s Not About Dying, It’s About Living: Making Difficult Decisions in the Name of Love, which deals with end-of-life choices in healthcare.

Michelle is a speaker, author, advocator, and motivator and is the proud mother of three children and grandmother of two grandsons.

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