Provider & Community Education
Support and Empowerment for the Caregivers in our Community.
An Educational Resource for Our Community
Our team of experts are available for speaking opportunities at your next community event, staff meeting or any other gathering. Our team can speak on a number of topics, including but not limited to:
Understanding Hospice
- What is hospice?
- Hospice Myths
- Living well at the end of life
- Pain and symptom management at the end of life
- Knowing when it’s time for hospice care
- Therapies in the hospice setting
Palliative Care vs. Hospice Care
- Hospice Myths
- Living well at the end of life
- Pain and symptom management at the end of life
- Knowing when it’s time for hospice care
- Therapies in the hospice setting
- Palliative Care vs. Hospice Care
Support For Families and Friends
- Caring for the entire family
- How to talk to/support dying patients and their families
- Stress management for caregivers
- Spirituality in end-of-life care
- How to discuss end-of-life issues with your family
- Understanding advance directives
- Community resources for terminally ill patients and their families
Grief and Loss
- Understanding grief
- Life after loss
- How to help someone who is grieving
- Helping children and teens cope with loss
- Coping with sudden loss
- Coping with grief during the holidays
Hospice in the Community
- Ethics in end-of-life care
- Careers in hospice care
- Hospice education for students in the medical field
- And much more!
Thank you to all who attended our first-ever Caregiver Academy Live Virtual Conference: “Navigating Seasons of Change: Compassionate Care Through Every Transition”, presented in partnership with TidalHealth, was a tremendous success with 211 attendees. Our keynote speaker and panelists delivered engaging, heartfelt, and educational presentations that inspired compassion, understanding, and collaboration across all aspects of caregiving. The entire conference is available to view on via Zoom. Follow the link to view, or download the conference.
Conference Speakers & Topics
Rev. Carla Cheatham, MA, MDiv, PhD, TRT
Caring for the Caregiver: Mindfulness as Resilience & Self-Care
Lyndsey Hogue, DNP, MHA, CRNP, FNP-BC
Palliative Care vs. Hospice Care
Nicole Long, MA, MDiv, CYT
Grief in the Time of Technology
Joan G. Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FGSA, FPCN, FAAN
Serious Illness Conversations: Your Approach Matters
Tracey D. Gladmon, LCSW-C
Ethical Decision Making at the End-of-Life
latest programs
Approaching End of Life: Signs and Symptoms
September 2024
End-of-life care and what to expect can be a difficult topic. Ann Lovely, Coastal Hospice Interim President & CEO gently guided our attendees with her expertise through this process while discussing what to expect in the last moments of life.
Innovations in Cardiac Care for Hospice Patients
August 2024
Cardiac disease has become responsible for more deaths than all types of cancer in our community. Through innovations of hospice and palliative care, Coastal Hospice began a disease specific program in 2023, helping manage end stage cardiac disease in collaboration with primary care providers and specialists. The goal is to help improve quality of life as well as communicate the patient’s goals of care. Dr. Stacy Cottingham Stacy Cottingham, MSN, RN explained how the Cardiac Care Program at Coastal Hospice can significantly impact our local community as patients and caregivers become empowered to take charge of their care in the last stages and prevent the cycle of emergency room visits.
June 2024
Serious Illness Conversations: Your Approach Matters
Communicating goals of care and treatment preferences with patients and their families experiencing serious illness can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be. Dr. Carpenter spoke about several techniques to improve your skills in conducting serious illness conversations.
November 2023
Approaching End of Life: Signs and Symptoms
End-of-life care and what to expect can be a difficult topic. Our Chief Clinical Officer, Ann Lovely gently guided us with her expertise through this process, while discussing what to expect in the last moments of life.
August 2023
Pain Management in Palliative Care
We held our second in-person presentation at TidalHealth. Our Chief Medical Director, Dr. Ghulam Waris, F.A.A.G.M. and Chief Clinical Officer, Ann Lovely, RN, BSN, CHPN – both from Coastal Hospice shared the latest information in Pain Management in Palliative Care. They addressed the importance of the multidisciplinary team approach, correct assessment and re-assessment, breakthrough strategies, and the impact that appropriate pain management has in the quality of life of patients and their families.
January 2023
Beat the Winter Blues
Winter is here and Seasonal Affective Disorder is a real thing! Many of us are affected by it to some degree, whether we are aware of it or not. Our presenters identified the realities involved and how to not only survive, but thrive during the colder, darker, winter months. Maybe you struggle with this yourself or work with a population that does. Take some time to invest in yourself and your work as we explore this phenomenon together.
January 2024
Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson discussed “right-sizing” medication regimens for patients living with a serious illness. Medication management of metabolic syndrome and advanced Alzheimer’s disease were used as examples of a critical thinking process that results in maximizing the appropriate of drug therapy.
September 2023
Advanced Illness Doulas: How They Help
Many people might be unaware that the term “doula,” which has been used since the 1980s to refer to birth and postpartum care, was first used to refer to death care in the late 1990s. After accompanying her mother through her illness and death, former hospice nurse Deanna Cochran became one of the pioneers of the death doula movement.
Our presenter, Alvin Harmon explained how Advanced Illness Doulas have the power to significantly impact lives, assisting those who are dying to have “a good death”, while providing solace and peace of mind to their loved ones. It is in this space that an otherwise terrifying event is transformed into a sacred time that forges a sacred memory for the family. Being the presence that understands that what is happening is not abnormal or harmful while holding that space for the family is the Advance Illness Doula’s mission and goal.
June 2023
Is My Patient Rady for Hospice?
In this live webinar, Dr. Joan Carpenter identified tools for prognostication to determine hospice eligibility and discussed the importance of establishing goals of care for the patient. Dr. Carpenter also shared timely information about hospice services and showed strategies for having these conversations with providers and families.
February 2023
Black History and Healthcare: Past, Present & Future
Did you know that until the 1960’s Black doctors and patients were not allowed in most US hospitals? This restriction, along with many other factors, severely contributed to the poor health status of the Black Community. This is why having authentic discussions around the Black Community’s justified mistrust of the medical and scientific arenas are vital. In this live webinar, we took a look at how the current disparities have not only challenged our ability to provide quality care for this population but also how they obstruct the willingness of this community to participate in conversations concerning their own care. Listen in as we share some of the recent initiatives as they relate to supporting the Black Community when facing life-limiting illnesses.
November 2022
Understanding the Role of a Hospice Care Team
We learned about the different people who make up a multidisciplinary hospice team, and how they can help you and your family.
April 2023
Difficult Conversations at the End of Life
At our first in-person presentation, Dr. Waris shared tools on how to approach the hard conversations that healthcare providers must have with patients facing life-limiting conditions. He shared his own strategies for meeting patients where they are, choosing helpful words, and having meaningful and productive conversations with patients and their families. This presentation was in In partnership with TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
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