Where
SERESC Conference Center
29 Commerce Drive
Bedford, NH 03110
Driving Directions
Reduced rate accommodation for conference participants!
The Hampton Inn Suites, ph(603) 623-2040 for reservations.
Complimentary transportation to SERESC is available. Visit the SERESC website for other listings.
Contact
Janice McDermottNew Hampshire Hospice Palliative Care Org
603-415-4298
jmcdermott@nhhpco.org
NHHPCO 19th Annual Fall Conference
A Conversation for Everyone
Common Goals, Individual Perspectives
Join us for a day filled with fascinating talks, brilliant networking, breakout sessions, book signings, exhibits, raffles, a silent auction - and much more!
Proceeds benefit the NHHPCO.
The complete program will be available on our website after October 31, 2014. Print session handouts in advance as they will not be available at the conference.
We look forward to seeing you!
Featured Speakers
Fran Smith: “Not If, But When: Advancing Compassionate End-of-Life Care in the Changing Hospice Landscape"
Exploring a compassionate, holistic approach to end-of-life care
Alan Kono, MD: “A Conversation of the Heart”
Advance Care Planning in cardiac patients and the integration of palliative care and hospice
Leigh Calabrese-Eck: “Expanding the National Conversation”
Opportunities to engage in discussion and action to improve end-of-life experiences
Deidre Scherer: “Advancing the Conversation Through Art”
Sharing works that raise universal issues that surround the processes of aging, dying and grieving
Itinerary
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7:30-8:00 |
Registration, Refreshments & Exhibits |
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8:00-8:15 |
Welcome - Janice McDermott |
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8:15-9:00 |
Not If, But When: Advancing Compassionate End-of-Life Care in the Changing Hospice Landscape - Fran Smith |
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9:00-10:00 |
Expanding the National Conversation - Leigh Calabrese-Eck |
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10:00-10:30 |
BREAK |
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10:30-11:30 |
A Conversation of the Heart - Alan Kono, MD |
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11:30-12:30 |
LUNCH |
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12:30-1:30 Breakout Sessions A. State Policy Update: Getting the Surrogate Conversation Right - Laurie Harding, Shawn LaFrance B. Pain Management: An Ongoing Conversation - David Nagel, MD C. Honoring the Presence of the Spirit in Hospice Care - Alison Paglia, Mary Francis Drake, Julien Olivier D. The Influence of Culture and Diversity on the Conversation – Part I - Rebecca Sky, Sandra Knowlton-Soho |
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1:30-1:45 |
BREAK |
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1:45-2:45 Breakout Sessions E. The Influence of Culture and Diversity on the Conversation – Part II - Rebecca Sky, Sandra Knowlton-Soho F. Speaking Their Language: Conversations with Our Veterans - Peter Cassell, RitaMarie Moscola G. State Policy Update: Getting the Surrogate Conversation Right - Laurie Harding, Shawn LaFrance H. Improving End-of-Life Cardiac Care - Alan Kono, MD |
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2:45-3:00 |
BREAK |
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3:00-4:00 |
Advancing the Conversation through Art: Seeing Age and Mortality through Art - Deidre Scherer |
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4:00 |
Adjourn, Turn in Evaluations & Receive CE/CME Certificates |
Thank you to our sponsors! 
CEUs and Contact Hours
This activity has been submitted to Northeast Multistate Division (NE-MSD) for approval to award contact hours. Northeast Multistate Division (NE-MSD) is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This educational activity has been submitted for approval of continuing nursing education hours to the NH Nurses Association's Commission on Continuing Education, an accredited approver of Continuing Nursing Education, by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The activity has also been submitted to the NH Chapter, National Association of Social Workers for CEUs, and to the NH Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators for educational hours.
CME Accreditation
Concord Hospital is accredited by the NH Medical Society Council on Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The Concord Hospital Medical Education Program designates this live continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 5.5 credit hours in Category ITM credit towards the AMA Physicians Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Become a Member
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