Rowan Regional Medical Center Hospice to Host Hospice Foundation of America Living with Grief Teleconference
04/27/2009
April 27, 2009
Contact: Katie Gillespie
Public Relations & Marketing
Media Cell: 704-617-2631
Rowan Regional Medical Center Hospice to Host Hospice Foundation of America’s Living with Grief Teleconference
SALISBURY – The 16th annual Living With Grief ® teleconference, sponsored by Rowan Regional Medical Center Hospice, will be held at the Salisbury Civic Center, 315 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., on Wednesday, April 29, from 1:30-4:00 p.m. The national bereavement teleconference will focus on diversity and end-of-life care.
Each year the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) presents a nationally recognized distance learning program, live via satellite and webcast, to more than 125,000 people in 2,000 communities. This year’s teleconference will examine how diversity influences end-of-life decision making and the impact that culture has at the time of death and during bereavement. The program will discuss the challenges that may occur when cultural considerations may cause ethical concerns or moral distress.
For more than a decade, this annual educational program has been instrumental in educating health care professionals and families on issues affecting end-of-life care. The program provides an opportunity for a wide variety of professionals, including doctors, nurses, funeral directors, psychologists, educators, social workers and bereavement counselors, to share and exchange ideas and obtain continuing education credits.
The teleconference will be moderated by Frank Sesno, Professor of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University and Special Correspondent with CNN. Mr. Sesno will lead the panel of noted authorities that includes: Samira K, Beckwith, President and CEO of Hope Hospice and Community Services; Sandy Chen Stokes, Executive Director, Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care; Kenneth J. Doka, Professor of Gerontology, Graduate School of the College of New Rochelle; Wanda H. Jenkins, Bereavement Services Manager, Vitas; Richard Payne, Director, Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke University; Paul Rosenblatt, Professor, College of Education & Human Development, University of Minnesota; and Carlos Sandoval-Cros, Rev., St. Simon's Episcopal Church, and psychiatrist, private practice.
Each year this award-winning, televised broadcast is seen in more than 2,000 communities across North America, reaching an estimated live audience of 150,000 people. The teleconference is produced by Hospice Foundation of America, a not-for-profit organization, which acts as an advocate for the hospice concept of care through ongoing programs of professional education, public information and research on issues relating to illness, loss, grief and bereavement.