| Thursday, March 30, 2006 |
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| 7:30 - 8:45 | Registration & Breakfast |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Welcome |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Keynote: J. Donald Schumacher, Psy.D.
Increasing Access to Hospice and Palliative Care |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 |
Concurrent Workshops Session 1
- Optimum Care: Improving Market Penetration Using a Clinical Care Model
- Need to Know, Need to Teach, Building an Educational Program
- Psychosocial Issues Among Veterans
- Creating a Hospice Model that Works
- Palliative Home Care: Three Years Later and Moving Forward
- Developmentally Disabled and Hospice: Creating Access and Meeting Special Needs
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| 12:30 - 2:00 | Luncheon and Business Meeting |
| 2:15 - 3:45 |
Concurrent Workshops Session 2
- Saying "Yes" to Complex Patients
- The Forgotten Griever: Creating a Program of Bereavement Support for the Developmentally Disabled Adult
- How to Talk to Grandchildren about Illness, Death and Dying
- Gifts we Bring; Gifts we Receive-Spiritual Moments in Hospice
- Hospice and Nursing Home Partnerships
- Improving Access to Palliative Care for Orthodox Jewish Communities: An In-depth Update
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| 3:45 - 4:00 | Break |
| 4:00 - 6:00 | Cocktail Reception with Exhibitors |
| Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 | Registration/Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Sheldon Solomon, Ph.D.
Exploring the Death Denying Function of Culture |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 |
Concurrent Workshops Session 3
- Symptom Management for the New and Seasoned Practitioner
- Studying Yourself, Seeing Others: The Zen of Presence in End-of-Life Care
- The Journey Continues: Cultural Competence in End-of-Life-Care
- Creating a Hospice Teen Volunteer Program
- Food for Thought - The Roles of Hydration and Nutrition at the End of Life
- Defining Open Access
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| 12:15 - 12:45 | Book signing with William H. Colby: The Long Goodbye -- The Deaths of Nancy Cruzan |
| 12:45 - 2:15 | Awards Luncheon |
| 2:15 - 3:45 | Plenary - William H. Colby
From Cruzan to Schiavo: What have we Learned?
General Session: Panel Discussion with William H. Colby, Robert A. Milch, MD, FACs,
Connie A. Raffa, J.D., LL.M., Rev. Susan H. Schultz, MA, RN. |
Registraion for the 26th Annua Interdisciplinary Seminar and Meeting has closed. Please check back for information regarding the 27th AISM.
