Past Events
Check our Past Events section for all of the past lectures, seminars, and panels we have offered at past SFEOL Monthly Networking meetings. http://sfeol.org/content/past-events
The Heart of Listening |
November 07, 2012 | Meg O'Shaughnessy | ||
Elder Abuse: What is it |
October 03, 2012 | Shirley Krohn, Senior Assembly Member for California Senior Legislature | ||
Enhancing the end of life for patients and families with dignity therapy |
August 01, 2012 | Brenda Bentley, MA, PhD Candidate | ||
Considering the Results of "The Final Chapter: Californians' Attitudes and Experiences with Death and Dying" |
June 06, 2012 | Steve Heilig, MPH and Nate Hinerman, PhD | ||
The Death Experience |
May 02, 2012 | Dr. Russ Granich, Chief of Palliative Care and Community Based Medicine, Kaiser Permanente | ||
Cultural Competency in End of Life Care |
March 07, 2012 | Maria Moreno, MPH, Health Services Researcher, Sutter Health Institute | ||
Given the Great Need, How Can we Motivate People? |
February 01, 2012 | Dr. Stanley Terman | ||
Cultivating Reflective Habits of Care |
December 07, 2011 | Nate Hinerman, PhD, University of San Francisco | ||
End-of-life Issues in the Islamic Tradition |
November 02, 2011 | Ameena Jandali, Content Director, Islamic Networks Group (http://www.ing.org/) | ||
End-of-life Issues in the Islamic Tradition |
October 05, 2011 | Ameena Jandali, Content Director, Islamic Networks Group (http://www.ing.org/) | ||
The Role and Mission of Pallium India |
September 07, 2011 | Presenters: Hetal Sheth and Sunshine Mugrabi | ||
POLST Panel Discussion, followed by Q/A |
June 01, 2011 |
Our June networking meeting will feature a lively, interactive discussion concerning POLST, including how to identify the target populations most suitable for POLST, and how to skillfully and sensitively facilitate a POLST conversation with a client/surrogate. Catherine McGregor, RN, MSN Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, Mark Apfel, MD, Medical Director Anderson Valley Health Center and Jeff Newman, MD, Sutter Health Institute for Research and Education will offer ideas and answer questions, as well as guide an active learning exercise. Please RSVP so I can ensure food for all! All are welcome. Feel free to forward this email to anyone you feel may be interested in the discussion. Date: Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 Time: 11:30am-1:30pm June Location: (***we will return to our usual meeting locale in July) Institute on Aging A map and directions can be found here: |
Catherine McGregor, RN, MSN Coalition for Compassionate Care of California; Mark Apfel, MD, Medical Director Anderson Valley Health Center; Jeff Newman, MD, Sutter Health Institute for Research and Education | |
Life Changing Decisions: From Donation To Transplantation |
May 04, 2011 |
Lori's talk will include a detailed discussion of all the major aspects of the transplant programs she oversees. Lori will also describe the transplant and donation systems, and how they operate, including the role of end of life care and education amidst these processes. Lori's long history and accomplished expertise in the field promises to foster a rich dialog, so please bring your interests, your questions, and RSVP. |
Lori Coleman, RN, CPTC, and Manager of the Heart, Lung and Liver Transplant Unit at California Pacific Medical Center | |
The "Good" Death |
April 11, 2011 |
We are very lucky this month to welcome back Guy Micco, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Berkeley. Guy also serves as the Director of the UCB Resource Center on Aging and as Co-Director of the UC Berkeley Program for the Medical Humanities. His presentation is provocatively entitled, "The 'Good' Death,” and he will explore with us contemporary attitudes and their impact on how we care for a person at the end of their life. What happens at the end of life? Do we care about an individual's experience beyond our concern to alleviate 'suffering'? What do we do with attitudes that suggest the 'old,' having lived a long life already, now have less to live for? These questions frame Guy’s literarily inspired presentation, where he will draw from two classics, “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” and “Alcestis” (see attached Guy’s recent article). |
Guy Micco, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Berkeley | |
Death Makes Life Possible |
March 02, 2011 | Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, PhD, President for Research and Education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Kathleen Erickson-Freeman, Facilitator | ||
Debut of My Way Cards |
February 02, 2011 |
Dr. Stanley Terman, founder, CEO and medical director of Caring Advocates, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that helps people plan and carry out their end-of-life wishes. Dr. Terman created and has recently updated a new tool for Advance Care Planning, My Way Cards, to create a Natural Dying—Living Will (Natural Dying—Advance Decision). Two primary goals of sorting My Way Cards include: 1) to inform people what it is like to live with Advanced Dementia (and other terminal illnesses) using plain, straightforward descriptions that have almost no medical jargon or medical diagnoses, supplemented with illustrative line drawings to enhance understanding; and 2) to create a legal document that will be an effective Advance Directive. In his presentation, Dr. Terman will elaborate how through the process of sorting the cards, Advance Care Planners can make decisions about over 48 different items relevant for end-of-life care. Each item represents a symptom, loss of function, unwanted behavior, or conflict with lifelong values. The process of sorting the cards results in informing future decision-makers how the Advance Care Planner feels about each item. The overarching goal of Dr. Terman's research is to avoid future conflicts so that people can avoid a prolonged, burdensome process of dying such as lingering for years in Advanced Dementia with unrecognized and untreated pain and suffering.
More information about Dr. Terman's new My Way Cards is at www.MyWayCards.org , www.PlanNowDieLater.org , and www.CaringAdvocates.org/presentations.php . |
Dr. Stanley Terman | |
Last Acts of Kindness |
January 12, 2011 | J. Redwing Keyssar, RN, BA | ||
In the Heart of the Deathless |
November 10, 2010 | Ivana Steigman, MD, PhD | ||
Joy of Caring Project: Mindfulness-Based Dementia Care |
October 13, 2010 |
We are very lucky to welcome Marguerite Manteau-Rao, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Registered Art Therapist, who has a mindfulness-based psychotherapy private practice in Menlo Park. Marguerite serves adults & families facing the psychological difficulties associated with chronic pain, illness, aging, and end-of-life. Marguerite is also a MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) instructor, and maintains an ongoing Vipassana meditation practice. She writes about her mindfulness practice, as well as end-of-life and dementia care, both for the Huffington Post and her blog, Mind Deep.
Marguerite’s presentation is entitled, "Joy of Caring Project: Mindfulness-Based Dementia Care." This presentation was inspired by her experience with her mother who suffers from Alzheimer's, and her work with clients and Zen Hospice residents. Her presentation suggests that traditional support, including education and behavior modification have not been very effective at reducing caregiver distress. Such approaches often fail to address: 1) caregivers' difficulties in disengaging from habitual ways of responding to challenging behaviors; and 2) how to manage internal resources of stress over the long run.
Marguerite’s Joy of Caring approach combines the Zen Hospice model of mindful care community, with the Mindfulness-Based Elder Care (MBEC) model, and a mindfulness-based view of dementia. Using this lens, elements of dementia that are traditionally experienced as liabilities in the care relationship can be transformed into unique opportunities for personal growth and mindfulness practice. This presentation will discuss ways to achieve such transformation. |
Marguerite Manteau-Rao, LCSW | |
Compassion Fatigue: Tricky Symptoms & the Return to Balance |
September 08, 2010 | Rev. Jennifer Block, Education Director & Chaplain at Zen Hospice Project | ||
The Good News About Alzheimers: How Mindfulness Can Heal Patients and the Ones Who Care for Them |
August 05, 2010 |
A recent article from Marguerite Manteau-Rao, LCSW, ATR, MBA can be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marguerite-manteaurao/the-good-news-about-... |
The Good News About Alzheimer's: How Mindfulness Can Heal Patients and the Ones Who Care for Them | |
We Are On the Move To End Alzheimers at Vintage Golden Gate! |
August 02, 2010 |
A recent article from Marguerite Manteau-Rao, LCSW, ATR, MBA can be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marguerite-manteaurao/the-good-news-about-..." |
We Are On the Move To End Alzheimer’s at Vintage Golden Gate! | |
Why Sort Illustrated My Way Cards? To Create Effective Living Wills for Advanced Dementia |
June 09, 2010 | Stanley A. Terman, PhD, MD, Caring Advocates, Carlsbad, CA | ||
American Society on Aging presents |
May 19, 2010 |
American Society on Aging presents
Legacy: Emerging Professionals Serving Older Adults
A Social Networking Mixer—Mingle with Your Peers!
May 19, 2010
5:30 – 8:30 pm
Swank Cocktail Lounge
444 Presidio Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94115
(Located below Laurel Village Inn. Street parking available.)
$10 charge (cash only) at the door includes light appetizers, two drink tickets, and a chance to win raffle prizes*
RSVP by May 14, 2010
Michelle Dowds: (415) 449-3721, MichelleD@jfcs.org
Emily Schmidt: (415) 225-2222, Emily@providencecare.com
Legacy is the next generation of professionals committed to serving and promoting a positive view of older adults. It is a forum for emerging professionals to network with peers, raise awareness about the needs of the aging community, and participate in professional development through educational presentations and community service. Learn more about ASA membership opportunities that offer professional development, training resources and future mentoring programs.
Legacy was founded by Michelle Dowds, Community Outreach Coordinator, Seniors•At•Home, a division of JFCS, and Emily Schmidt, Community Relations, Providence Place—Dementia Care Assisted Living.
*Raffle prize donations provided by Sephora ® and Arcadia Health Care. Food graciously donated by Alma Via of San Francisco, Vintage Senior Living and Providence Place. Thank you to our planning committee: Jeanette Feddes, Arcadia Health Care; Kelley Mullin, Hospice by the Bay; and Nicole Amirehsani,Alma Via of San Francisco. |
American Society on Aging presents, Legacy: Emerging Professionals Serving Older Adults | |
Degriefing: Transforming Grief |
May 12, 2010 | Lyn Prashant, MA, FT, CMT | ||
Preparing for Death Now: How Alive Are You Willing to Be? |
April 14, 2010 | Dale Borglum, PhD - Founder and Executive Director of The Living/Dying Project | ||
Topic: A Community-Based Approach to Improving Palliative Care |
March 03, 2010 | Jeffrey Newman, MD, MPH | ||
A Burden of Means: Recent Debates in Catholic Health Care Ethics at the End-of-Life |
February 03, 2010 | Nate Hinerman, PhD | ||
Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Community Training |
January 06, 2010 |
POLST Training, including how to integrate POLST with other advance planning documents, and how to use POLST as a tool to facilitate conversations about wishes and values for the end of life. |
Nate Hinerman, PhD, and Connie Borden, RN, MSN, ANP | |
When Blossoms Fall: Buddhist Practices at the End of Life |
November 05, 2009 | Tova Green, LCSW | ||
Green options & innovations in funerary care |
October 07, 2009 | Kathy Curry, Forever Fernwood Funeral Home | ||
POLST Implementation in California |
September 02, 2009 | Erin Henke POLST Program Manager, California Coalition for Compassionate Care | ||
Inspired or Tired? Making Sense of What We Do |
July 05, 2009 |
Serving and caring for people at the end of life means being fully present to both the pain and joy of human existence. We who are involved in end-of-life care & advocacy, after-death care, and bereavement care, can become weighed down by the constancy of sickness, death, and grief in our work lives, or we can become celebrants of life and champions for healing. Jennifer will lead us in examining our beliefs and attitudes about life and death so that we can be effective -- and happy -- caregivers and advocates in the increasingly important and precarious arena of end-of-life care. If you have ever wondered about the meaning of your work, and how it relates to the bigger picture, this presentation is for you. And if not, come find out how to best support your colleagues who seem to be losing sight of it all. Since 2004, Jennifer Block has served as the director of Public Education for the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco , California , creating curriculum, teaching workshops, offering spiritual care, and providing community outreach. In her current role, Jennifer shares the mission and learning of Zen Hospice Project nationally through the many curriculum she has created from her years of hospice and chaplaincy service. Jennifer also provides training and spiritual care to volunteers, clinicians, and caregivers, as well as friends and families facing the spiritual and emotional issues related to end-of-life care. |
Jennifer Block Director of Public Education, Zen Hospice Project | |
Unraveling the relationship between health care literacy |
June 03, 2009 | Rebecca Sudore, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco | ||
Watching Them Let Go: the residential pediatric hospice experience |
May 06, 2009 |
In her presentation and slide show Diane will describe what it's like to watch parents watch their children drift off to death.
Diane's role at George Mark includes helping parents move from absolute resolve to having their child survive to seeing them take on tasks, skill sets, and a knowledge base of medical information they never wanted to have.
Diane also will discuss the current day to day activities at the House, and what it is like to have a growing number of bereaved families they are working with over time.
For a nice profile of Diane's previous professional work and a sample of her photography, see the following San Francisco Chronicle article at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/07/14/LV18879.DTL |
Diane Malek, MSW, LCSW, Psychosocial Manager, George Mark Children's House. | |
From Crisis to Empowerment: Necessary Actions from Diagnosis to Dying, Death, and Grief |
February 04, 2009 | Beatrice Toney Bailey, lecturer and author of book, "Farewell My Friend" | ||
The "Right to Know" End of Life Options Act |
January 07, 2009 | Stephen Jamison, Ph.D. (California Director, Compassion & Choices) | ||
Addressing Cultural Diversity at the End of Life |
November 05, 2008 | Pat Forman, MPH, MATP (Consultant and Coach) | ||
Addressing Religious Diversity at the End of Life |
October 01, 2008 |
Update: Paid Family Leave Act Lilian Miwa Maher (Paid Family Leave Act Outreach Coordinator) |
Evan Ardley, PhD, D.Min. (Spiritual Services Manager, Hospice By The Bay) | |
National Prize Recognizes Excellence in End-of-Life Care |
September 30, 2008 |
"National Prize Recognizes Excellence in End-of-Life Care The Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award Nominations due September 30th! Please see this link for more info: http://www.thehastingscenter.org/PhysicianAwards/" |
National Prize Recognizes Excellence in End-of-Life Care | |
A Presentation on Compassion Fatigue |
September 03, 2008 | Rev. Jennifer Block, MA (Public Education Director, Zen Hospice Project) | ||
Organizing One's Affairs at the End of Life |
August 06, 2008 | Cari Hays, MSPM, (Executor Consulting Services) and Maggie Watson (author, A Graceful Farewell) | ||
Proposed Changes to Laguna Hondas Hospice Unit |
July 02, 2008 | Derek Kerr, MD | ||
National Geriatrics and Palliative Care Symposium |
June 19, 2008 |
This conference brings together health care providers who are caring for the elderly and for patients with advanced illness across all venues of care to improve communication with patients, their caregivers and families. |
Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente | |
For profit versus nonprofit models of palliative care and end-of-life care |
June 04, 2008 | Catherine Dodd | ||
California Coalition for Compassionate Care Workgroups & Membership Meeting |
May 30, 2008 | Contact Nate Hinerman for more details! | ||
Partners in Caring: A seminar for faith leaders on end-of-life care |
May 15, 2008 |
This one-day program taught by physicians enhances the skills of faith leaders in supporting congregants at life’s end. Appropriate for community clergy, rabbis and priests, health ministers, congregational nurses, staff and volunteer chaplains. Registration fee of $60 includes light breakfast, lunch, and program materials. |
Sponsored by Sacramento Healthcare Decisions & Compassionate Care Alliance | |
This conference brings together health care providers who are caring for the elderly and for patients with advanced illness across all venues of care to improve communication with patients |
May 07, 2008 |
Patrice Villars, Associate Director, Hospice and Palliative Care Veterans Affairs Medical Center Connie Borden, Palliative Care Coordinator at St. Mary’s Medical Center Kathy Doctor, Clinical Team Manager for Pathways Palliative Home Care and IV Programs Sandee Wishon, Clinical Outreach Director at Hospice By The Bay (Palliative Care and Pediatric Programs) |
Various Speakers | |
National Health Care Decisions Day/Hospice Foundation of America National Teleconference |
April 17, 2008 |
"Living with Grief Videoconference – Children and Adolescents $15.00 includes CEUs and refreshments For more information or to register, call (415) 526-5516 or e-mail cgitelman@hospicebythebay.org" |
Co-Hosted by Hospice by the Bay & Pathways Hospice | |
Music Thanatology |
April 02, 2008 | Kate Munger | ||
Conference - Compassion in Action: Shaping the Future of End-of-Life Care |
March 27, 2008 | Santa Clara University, Center for Performing Arts Santa Clara, CA | ||
The similarities and tensions among the definition and delivery of palliative care hospice care and end-of-life care |
March 05, 2008 | Anne Hughes, RN, PhD, Adv Practice Nurse in Palliative Care, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehab Center | ||
Updates from the California Coalition for Compassionate Care |
February 06, 2008 | Judy Citko, JD, Exec Dir California Coalition for Compassionate Care | ||
Conference Planning Meeting |