Hospice Administrator's Meeting

Friday, March 26, 2010 8:30 a.m.
Hilton Garden Inn, 101 E. Hiawatha, Wisconsin Dells, WI
608-253-1100 - Special Room Rates Available
"Developing a Survival Plan for Your Hospice" - the impact of the proposed budget neutrality act coupled with productivity cuts
"Staying Ahead of the Game" - latest from the OIG's report and its implications for risk areas in the future
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Hospice Volunteer Coordinator's Meeting

Friday, March 26, 20120, 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn, 101 E. Hiawatha, Wisconsin Dells, WI
608-253-1100 - Special Room Rates Available
"The Importance of Volunteers in Marketing Your Hospice"; "Dotted Lines, Curbs and Guardrails: Boundaries for Volunteers" and more
For more information contact HOPE:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 608-233-7166, fax 608-233-7169

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Palliative Care Education Day for Medical Directors and Physicians

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Featuring nationally known speakers on topics to include "Cancer Center Grand Rounds", "Appropriateness of Medication Use at the End-of-Life", "Physician-Patient Communication", "Palliative Care Assessment Tools", "New Conditions of Participation Requirements for Hospice Medical Directors"
Registration materials will be available in early March.  Space is limited to 40

Palliative Care Ethics & Boundaries

Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:30 - 4:30  p.m.
Instructor: Tracy Schroepfer, PhD, UW-Madison School of Social Work

4th Annual Wisconsin Psychosocial & Spiritual Care Conference

Friday, May 14, 2010
Westwood Conference Center, Wausau
A few of the topics are: "Plenary: Integrative Medicine", "Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)", "Massage Therapy" and several more.

Information from HOPE of Wisconsin Annual Fall Conference
October 28-30, 2009

Presentation:  "DQA Update"
presented by Marianne Missfeldt, RN, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Quality Assurance

Presentation:  "Documentation Workshop"
Documenting the "Experiences" of Patients & Families & The Hospice "Specialty"
Do's and Don'ts of Documentation
Plan of Care Blank Form
presented by Susan M. Bruno, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, Suncoast Institute