Complimentary Education Programs From The Hospice Foundation
These free Hospital Foundation of America programs are useful resources for hospice and grief professionals, hospice volunteers, grief support groups, or the broader community.Resource includes webinars and self-study programs. Many programs are freely available, though without CE credit. CE credit is available with program purchase.
Signs Of Approaching Death
Everyone’s life is different. Death is an individual experience, too. For some people, the dying process may last weeks. For others, it may last a few days or hours. A dying person’s experience may be influenced by their illness or medications, but certain signs and symptoms are common. Patients who begin hospice care earlier in their illness may not experience any symptoms for many months. But as death approaches, you may notice some of these changes.
MN Directive Document From Healthy Pathways
The MN Directive document from Healthy Pathways is an example of an advanced healthcare directive tailored for American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It provides space for elders to share what treatment options, cultural preferences, and decision makers they wish to have in their end-of-life care. The document also outlines what kind of power their decision maker would have following illness or injury if they cannot communicate their needs for themselves.
Weaving Pathways Video Part 2
This is a 6:51 min video that discusses end of care choices for American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) communities members, aimed at AIAN community members.
Weaving Pathways Video for Providers
This video that discusses for healthcare providers end of care choices for American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) communities members.
About the organization: In 2018, Honoring Choices of Minnesota approached the Center of American Indian and Minority Health (CAIMH) to collaborate on a project to increase healthcare directives in AIAN communities. CAIMH assembled AIAN students, faculty and community members to identify to create a toolkit for providers and community members.
Honoring Choices: A Comprehensive List Of Resources On Advanced Care Planning
Who would speak for you if you couldn’t speak for yourself? Advance Care Planning (ACP) is a process which helps you think about, talk about, and write down your preferences for future health care. While it is not an easy topic to consider, it is important for every adult 18+ to have a health care directive – a written plan for loved ones and healthcare providers to follow – so that your wishes are known in case a severe injury or illness renders you unable to communicate.
Finding Your Way Through Sudden Loss & Adversity
This resource, Finding Your Way Through Sudden Loss and Adversity, will include a variety of lessons on loss and growth as well as practical suggestions on how you can live with loss in a healthy way and grow from the experience. The workbook is broken up into three main sections that focus on living with loss, growing through loss, and preparing for loss. You can think of this workbook as a “choose your own adventure” type of resource. In other words, you do not necessarily need to read through the resource in any particular order.
Educational grief brochures
At the Highmark Caring Place, one of the questions we hear most is, "What do I say to the children?" We hear it from parents about their children; school staff who are caring for a grieving child in the classroom; mental health, social service, and medical personnel; and concerned friends and family who are trying to help a family in the midst of their grief.
Prediction models of all-cause mortality among older adults in nursing home setting: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Few studies have meta‐analyzed different prognostic models developed for older adults, especially nursing home residents. We aimed to systematically review and meta‐analyze the performance of all published models that predicted all‐cause mortality among older nursing home residents.
Exemplary Clinical Experiences in Nursing Homes
This interactive resource provides faculty in schools of nursing with guidance and resources for clinical teaching in nursing homes. It uses a framework of four key components for successful student clinical learning experiences in nursing homes:
