Course Overview
Hospice work is a calling. To care for people with a terminal diagnosis and less than six months to live requires a different approach to medicine and healing. Whether a nurse, doctor, social worker or acupuncturist, we want to help the patient feel comfortable, whole, and human. The hospice team works to provide attentive care for each patient with minimal interventions. Although hospice is a specific medical designation, patients can be homebound for other reasons and greatly benefit from a practitioner treating them at home. Acupuncture can relieve many symptoms associated with this stage of life without medications or side effects. Acupuncture is gentle, effective, and virtually painless while bringing about a sense of well-being and relaxation. In this course, you will gain valuable tools for end-of-life care and home visits. Whether you work in hospice or simply want to have confidence in providing comfort care for loved ones, patients, and their families. We will go into practical skills for treating medically fragile patients and navigating home healthcare, including travel, safety, and interactions with family and other caregivers. We will also look at the stages of dying and share strategies to connect compassionately with patients at the end of life.
Course Objectives
- Gain practical skills for treating medically fragile patients.
- Learn ways to navigate home healthcare, including travel, safety, and interactions with family and other caregivers.
- Understand the role of acupuncture in hospice care both as a unique medical service and within the hospice system and hospice team.
Course Outline
0 hrs - 2 hrsSafety in hospice and home health. This section will cover treating medically fragile patients, tips for traveling to the patients residence and navigating situations in the residence, clean bag method and CNT, and skills to share with caregivers.
2 hrs - 4 hrsEthical approaches in hospice and home health. This section will cover professional boundaries in the home care situation, HIPAA and charting, informed consent, and ways to oevercome communication challenges with patients.
4 hrs - 5 hrsDiagnosis and Treatment at End of Life. This section will cover common Western medical terminal diagnoses in hospice, TCM diagnosis in hospice and at end of life, and TCM approaches. We will also share case studies from hospice encounters.
5 hrs - 6 hrsHospice organization structure and finding a job. This section will give an introduction to hospice, its definitions, funding and structure, tips for finding a job in hospice as an acupuncturist, and policies and procedures for acupuncture services.
Teacher
Carly is a licensed and board certified acupuncturist in private practice in Maine.
Know MoreTestimonials
Hospice care is such a delicate time. Carly is incredibly thorough, offering important details to consider in ethics and safety.
Audrey C.
very thorough, lots of experience shared, thank you!
Izelle C.
I truly enjoyed this course especially since my father recently passed away and was in hospice care for a week prior to passing. The information that the teacher provided in this course was accurate specifically in the last week of my dying father.
Arlene G.
High-quality and well-organized information. Carly has specialized knowledge in the field of hospice care. Its a great opportunity for someone to be able to share their experience working with this unique patient population.
Laura C.
This course is very thorough, detailed and rich with content on a subject that has not received a lot of attention from the broader acupuncture community.
Ruth W.
This was a thorough explanation of all aspects of Hospice care. Many examples provided. Important topics repeated in various modules. Nice division of categories that can be viewed in short segments, at your leisure.
Virginia M.
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Approved by: Standard Certificate, NCCAOM,
Course Type: Recorded Webinar
Course Length: 6 Hrs.
Course Credits: 6 CPD
Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.
Access Period: Lifetime
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