Cost: $95.00 USD

The Process of Aging and End of Life Issues



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The Process of Aging 

As people age their needs for services change, and those providing care must change their interactions or face significant frustration. This training provides an overview of aging with topics that include:

¨ the physical changes involved in the aging process,

¨ aging issues, and

¨ holistic guidelines for the management of common chronic illnesses.

Discussing aging issues along with programming implications will help you provide more respectful care with wellness enhancing goals and realistic expectations.

End of Life Issues

As we learn to serve others throughout the cycle of life, we come face to face with their mortality. The process of dying, use of hospice services, and DNR issues are explored in an effort to prepare for the inevitable.

 Dynamics in response to grief often become complicated and distressing in group living or work situations. Understanding the stages of grief and loss provides a framework for compassionate interventions. Learning to create memorials and rituals can help people express their feelings in healthy resolution of their loss.

 This relevant course on the aging process and end of life issues is intended for unlicensed staff, program directors, site managers, administrators, social workers, and community-based nurses.

 

Course Information:
  • All HCS workshops run from 9am until 2:45 pm
  • Course materials, refreshments and a box lunch are included in the course fee
  • Pre-registration is required
  • Register early! Class size is limited
  • Payment must accompany registration form
  • Video/audio taping of courses is prohibited
 Cancellation Policy:
  • Cancellations must be made no later than 5 business days prior to the course
  • The full course fee will be charged if cancellation is made in less than 5
    business days
  • Registration is transferable to another person
About the instructor

Karen Finck, RN, MS, CS, is an expert in psychiatric nursing and president of HCS. An engaging speaker, Ms. Finck lectures throughout Minnesota on mental health topics. She adeptly uses humor and presents real-life anecdotes from her experiences in the field. She provides not only an understandable theoretical framework, but offers practical approaches as well.
Continuing Education

This course is designed to provide 6.5 contact hours to nurses and 5.4 continuing education hours to social workers.

Please contact HCS if you would like to have this course presented at your own facility.