WEBINARS & VIDEOS: Live, Recorded, & On Demand
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Advance Care Planning; The Conversation
Presenter: Ginny Erboe, MSN, RN
Many of us have two fears when it comes to end of life: that we will not get the care we need, and that we will get the care we do not want. We want to empower people to identify what matters most to them and take steps to ensure their wishes are honored.
Ginny Erboe, MSN, RN has been a registered nurse for 25 years. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at Texas Woman's University and Masters in Nursing Administration at UT. She has been a hospice nurse for 19 years. Prior to that she was a cardiac nurse. Her passion is to serve and help others.
The GIFT Project has provided advance care planning education to thousands of community members and healthcare professionals in and around the Austin area.
Todo lo que deseaba saber sobre el hospicio y los cuidados paliativos (video de 18 minutos)
Presenter: Jill Taormina, RN
Los cuidados paliativos y de hospicio ofrecen alivio del dolor y los síntomas. El pronóstico y los objetivos de la atención tienden a ser diferentes. Buscar los cuidados paliativos y el hospicio no significa perder la esperanza o acelerar la muerte, sino es más bien una forma de obtener la atención más adecuada y de mejor calidad en la última fase de su vida. Todos tienen la oportunidad de mejorar su calidad de vida al final de su vida. Nuestra esperanza es brindar educación en nuestra comunidad para que las personas puedan abogar por sí mismas cuando llegue el momento.
Jill Taormina has been a registered nurse for 12 years. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Rhode Island College. After working in a federally qualified health center setting for over five years, she then became the Director of Nursing overseeing six clinical sites. Her experience includes working in cardiology research, primary care/community health, and is now offering hospice.
The Gift of Song: Musical last wishes
Swan Songs fulfills musical last wishes by organizing private concerts for individuals with a terminal illness or nearing the end of life. At no cost to the family, a favorite style of music or regional musician is brought directly to the home or care facility. Committed to supporting live music in the community, Swan Songs compensates its musicians for each performance. Swan Songs envisions a world where the end of life is celebrated through the gift of music to anyone wishing to receive a peaceful and joy filled moment in time.
TWO LIVE WEBINARS were offered on Saturday October 23, 2021
The recordings of the webinars are now available below.
SHOP BEFORE YOU DROP!
LIVE presentation on 10/23 at 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Presenter: Nancy Walker - Executive Director of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Central Texas
If you’re surprised that cremation in our area costs from $595 to over $4,000, come see how you can use a free funeral home price survey – produced by our local Funeral Consumers Alliance – to compare cremation and burial prices at more than 50 area funeral homes.
The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Central Texas is a volunteer-run nonprofit that was founded in 1964. For 11 years, Nancy has provided end-of-life presentations throughout our community, as well as seminars and lectures for the 5 programs at UT’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Twice a year, Nancy teaches an 8-session end-of-life options class sponsored by Austin’s Lifetime Learning Institute (LLI).
Expected Loss: Coping with Anticipatory Grief
LIVE presentation on 10/23 at 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Presenter: Garrick Colwell, Kitchen Table Conversations Co-founder
If someone we love is seriously ill, or if we are concerned about upcoming hardships of any kind, we naturally begin to grieve. The process of anticipatory grief is normal but can also be confusing and painful. This webinar will help you understand and befriend your grief as well as learn effective ways to express it as you live your daily life.
Garrick Colwell has been a Hospice Volunteer since 1987. He has served as an on-call hospital and hospice chaplain. He is a Respecting Choices® Person-Centered Care First Steps® Advance Care Planning Certified Instructor and Facilitator. Garrick and his late wife Kinsloe, along with 20 Austin area healthcare advocates, co-created Kitchen Table Conversations. As a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, he co-created with Hospice Austin Conversations On Grief, a monthly online grief support program and he volunteers as a grief support group facilitator. Garrick holds a “Death and Grief Studies” certificate from The Center for Loss and Life Transition, a private organization founded by author, educator, and grief expert Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D., CT.