Our Specialized Programs

Community Outreach Program

Hospice works best when it is embraced by its community. Our core values include reaching out to the community to provide education on hospice and palliative services. We provide speakers to local organizations and businesses from Valor HospiceCare disciplines to discuss various topics on end-of-life issues.

For a print out of our educational presentations, please click here.
For our recent community outreach campaign, please click here.
To view our Touching Lives Magazine, please click here.
To view and print our Community Outreach Program overview, please click here.
For information on Advance Directives, please click here.

Current free educational presentations for the community and health care providers include:

· It's about YOU...your LIFE...your CHOICES
· Caregiving vs. Caregiver
· Don't Say the "H" Word; How to Talk to People About Hospice
· Pain Control "Pearls"
· Infection Control
· Medication Free Approaches to Anxiety Control
· Entering Another World; Understanding Dementia & Alzheimer's
· Living in the Moment
· Hospice 101; Understanding Who's Eligible for Care
· Hospice 201; Understanding the Four Levels of Care
· Culture Effects on Hospice Care
· Strategies for Minimizing Falls
· The Dying Process
· Managing Stress & Relaxation Methods
· Ways to Communicate Bad News
· Necessary Conversations; How to Discuss DNR Status & Funeral Plans with Patients
· Dignity is Everyone's Job
· Managing Difficult Behaviors
· It's About How You Live; A Life Care Planning Primer
· Partnering; Working Together for the Good of Your Patients
· Coping Skills for Caregivers
· Hospice Philosophy of Care
· Nutrition/Hydration in End of Life
· Managing Incontinence
· Techniques to Help Maintain Skin Integrity
· Communication; Tricks of the Trade
· Anticipatory Grief & Bereavement Programs - Please Refer to Our Bereavement Page
· Pain Management & PalliativeCare Conferences

For seminars and presentations that meet the needs of health care professionals, contact hours documentation will be supplied for your facility and your position. CEU's may be provided.

Please click on the following website links for further program information.

      
    

For further information on Valor HospiceCare & The Valor Institute for Palliative Medicine's patient and specialized programs for community outreach, please contact us at info@valorhospicecare.com or call 877.615.3996.

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