CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Presented by the Center for Professional Development, Santa Clara University In Collaboration with Hospice of the Valley and California Hospice Foundation

Compassion in Action: shaping the future of end-of-life care

March 27th and 28th, 2008 Santa Clara University, Center of Performing Arts, Recital Hall

ursday, March 27, 4:30 - 8:00 pm Public showing of e Gifts of , discussion with producer Nancee Sobonya, and reception Ira R. Byock, MD, Saying “ e Four ings at Matter Most,” and book signing

Friday, March 28, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Dale G. Larson, Ph.D., Welcome, Meeting the Challenge of Caring Ira R. Byock, MD, Shaping the Future of Hospice and Palliative Care: e Strategic C’s of Clinical and Social Success Stephen R. Connor, Ph.D., Hospice and Palliative Care in the United States and Beyond: A Progress Report James Hallenbeck, MD, Toward a Better Health Care System: If You Build It ey Will Come Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, LHD, MA, RN, LPC, Choices and Values: Charting the Map for End-of-Life Care Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil, MD, When Cultures Collide: Cross-Cultural Issues in Palliative Care Panel discussion with featured speakers.

Registration: ursday $15; Friday program $55, includes ursday, plus CEUs and CMEs for Friday For more information or to register for this conference, please contact the Center for Professional Development www.scu.edu/cpd or call (408) 551-1981. Space is limited.

Sponsors Pathways Home Health, Hospice and Private Duty; Alameda Family Funeral and Cremation, Inc.; Optimal Hospice Care; Leiter’s Pharmacy; Professional Home Care Associates; and Mission Hospice. With support from Hospice Caring Project. Presented by Hospice of the Valley In Collaboration with the Center for Professional Development, Santa Clara University

Compassion in Action: Shaping the Future of Hospice and Palliative Care—Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Opportunities March 26–27, 2009 Santa Clara University, Center for Performing Arts, Recital Hall Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:30-7:30 PM, Reception and Program David B. Feldman, PhD and Andrew Lasher, MD Unexpected Opportunities: How Some Patients and Families Discover Love, Humor, and Hope at the End of Life Friday, March 27, 2009, 8:00 am – 5:45 pm Sally Adelus, CEO, Hospice of the Valley, and Dale G. Larson, PhD (Moderator) – Welcome Frank Ostaseski, Keynote – Being A Compassionate Companion Stephen R. Connor, PhD – Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? Understanding Trends and Their Implications for Hospice and Palliative Care David B. Feldman, PhD – From Cure to Quality of Life: The Shifting Nature of Hope at the End of Life James Hallenbeck, MD – When Does Dying Begin? John Golenski, EdD – The Ethics and Practical Issues of Physician-Assisted Suicide Monique Kuo, MD – Beyond the Benefit Compassion In Action Award

Sally Adelus Stepen R. Connor, PhD David B. Feldman, PhD John Golenski, EdD James Hallenbeck, MD Andrew Lasher, MD Monique Kuo, MD Frank Ostaseski Registration: $125 includes Thursday program and reception, Friday program and lunch, plus CEUs and CMEs for Friday. To register online visit: compassioninaction.eventbrite.com or for specific questions, email Ana Hays at [email protected] or call 408.559.5600. 6 hours of Continuing Education Units will be available to physicians, nurses, social workers, , and marriage and family therapists. Thank You to Our Sponsors Who Generously Supported This Event: Gold Level Sponsor – Healthcare Journal of Northern California Platinum Level Sponsor – Alameda Family Funeral & Cremation, Inc. Silver Level Sponsors – Mission Hospice, Optimal Hospice Care, Pathways Home Health Hospice & Private Duty, Vitas, Wyeth Bronze Level Sponsor – Hospice of Santa Cruz Copper Level Sponsor – Kara Endorsed by – California Hospice & Palliative Care Association Compassion in Action The Evolving Landscape of Advanced-Illness Care March 25-26, 2010

Presented by Hospice of the Valley and the Santa Clara University Center for Professional Development

Thursday, March 25, 2010 5:30—7:30 pm, Reception and Program Santa Clara University, Center of Performing Arts, Recital Hall Shauna L. Shapiro, PhD, Associate Professor of Counseling at Santa Clara University—Mindfulness in End-of-life Care

Friday, March 26, 2010, 7:45—8:30 am Registration, 8:30 am—5:00 pm Program Santa Clara University, Center of Performing Arts, Recital Hall Sally Adelus, President & CEO, Hospice of the Valley and Dale G. Larson, PhD, Professor of , Santa Clara University, Conference Chairperson—Welcome Margaret R. McLean, PhD, Director of Bioethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and Director of the Applied Ethics Center, O’Connor Hospital, San Jose—The Changing Landscape of Ethics in End-of-life Care Michelle Rhiner, RN, MSN, NP, Consultant, Pallgesia Associates—Opioid Related Neurotoxicity

Neal E. Slatkin, MD, DABPM, Chief Medical Officer, Hospice of the Valley—Beyond 0 to 10: Conundrums in Evaluating Pain and Pain Management Brad Stuart, MD, Senior Medical Director, Sutter VNA & Hospice— Advanced Illness Management: Bringing End-of-Life Care Mainstream J. William Worden, PhD, ABPP, Harvard Medical School and Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology—Children & Grief: When a Parent Dies

Dale G. Larson, PhD Margaret R. McLean, PhD Michelle Rhiner, RN, MSN, NP Shauna L. Shapiro, PhD Neal E. Slatkin, MD, DABPM Brad Stuart, MD J. William Worden, PhD, ABPP

Registration: $125 includes Thursday program and reception, Friday program and lunch, plus CEUs and CMEs for Thursday and Friday For detailed information and to register online visit: compassioninaction.eventbrite.com or for specific questions, email Ana Hays at [email protected] or call 408.559.5600 8 hours of CMEs and/or CEUs will be available to physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and marriage and family therapists

Thank You to Our Sponsors Who Generously Support this Event: Platinum Level Sponsor — Alameda Family Funeral & Cremation, Inc. Gold Level Sponsor — Healthcare Journal of Northern California Silver Level Sponsor — Mission Hospice Bronze Level Sponsor — Hospice of Santa Cruz Endorsed by — California Hospice & Palliative Care Association Compassion in Action Enhancing the Art of End-of-Life Care Department of March 25, 2011 Counseling Psychology

Presented by Hospice of the Valley and the Santa Clara University Department of Counseling Psychology

Friday, March 25, 2011, 7:30–8:00 am Registration, 8:00 am–5:00 pm Program Santa Clara University, Center of Performing Arts, Recital Hall Reception Following Program: 5–6 pm in the Center for Performing Arts Courtyard

Sally Adelus, President & CEO, Hospice of the Valley and Dale G. Larson, PhD, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University Department of Psychology, Conference Chairperson—Welcome

LaVera Crawley, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Biomedical Ethics—Racial, Cultural, and Ethnic Factors Influencing End-of-Life Care Kathy Egan-City, MA, BSN, President and Executive Director of Millennium Research Institute—Unwinding My Life: A Proactive Approach to Meaning Near Life’s End

Charles Garfield, PhD, Founder, Shanti Project; Professor of , University of California, San Francisco—The Wisdom to Care: Deepening Empathy at the End of Life Steve Pantilat, MD, FACP, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California, San Francisco— Better Words to Say Linda Tavel, MD, MBA, FAAHPM—Intimacy in Palliative Medicine: The Journey We Cannot Overlook Panel Discussion Facilitated by Dale G. Larson, PhD

Dale G. Larson, PhD Sally Adelus, President & CEO LaVera Crawley, MD, MPH Kathy Egan-City, MA, BSN Charles Garfield, PhD Steve Pantilat, MD, FACP Linda Tavel, MD, MBA, FAAHPM

Registration: $95 includes Friday program, lunch and reception, plus CEUs and CMEs For detailed information and to register online visit: compassioninaction2011.eventbrite.com or for specific questions, email Chelsea Mathis at [email protected] or call 408.559.5600, ext. 5464

7 hours of CMEs and/or CEUs will be available to physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and marriage and family therapists

Thank You to Our Sponsors Who Generously Support this Event: Platinum Level Sponsor — Alameda Family Funeral & Cremation, Inc. Bronze Level Sponsors — Hospice of Santa Cruz County, Leiter’s Pharmacy Endorsed by — California Hospice & Palliative Care Association Compassion inAction

PRESENTED BY HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY AND SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY Compassion inAction 5th Annual Conference Providing “The Best Care Possible” Through the End of Life Friday, March 30, 2012

COMPASSION7:30 am – 5:15 pm Program, 5:15 pm – 6:30 pm Reception & Book Signing Santain ClaraA University,ction 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California 95053 SALLY ADELUS, PRESIDENT & CEO, Hospice of the Valley and DALE G. LARSON, PhD, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, Conference Chairperson – Welcome IRA BYOCK, MD, Director of Palliative Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Professor, Dartmouth Medical School – Providing “The Best Care Possible” Through the End of Life JANICE NADEAU, PhD – Family Meanings and the Death of a Loved One: Understanding and Helping DALEO G.M LARSON,P APhD –S TheS ChallengeION of Caring: Putting Your Empathy to Work Without Burning Out CDEBORAH GRASSMAN, NP, Bay Pines Veterans Administration Medical Center – Wounded Warriors: Theiri nLastA Battlection NEAL E. SLATKIN, MD, Vice President Medical Services & Chief Medical Offi cer, Hospice of the Valley, Panel Discussion Moderator

Ira Byock, MD Deborah Grassman, NP Janice Nadeau, PhD Dale Larson, PhD Sally Adelus, President & CEO Neal Slatkin, MD

REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION: Visit compassioninaction2012.eventbrite.com

COST: $105 before February 15. $125 after February 15. Cost includes Friday program and reception, continental breakfast and lunch, hardcover copy of “The Best Care Possible” by Ira Byock, and 6 CEs and/or CMEs. Space is limited. Early registration is encouraged!

CONTINUING EDUCATION: Hospice of the Valley is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 04462 and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Number 712 for 6 contact hours for nurses, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Hospice of the Valley is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CMEs will be provided for physicians by the California Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. Hospice of the Valley maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: Contact Chelsea Mathis at [email protected] or call 408.559.5600, ext. 5464.

Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors BRONZE LEVEL: Hospice of Santa Cruz County, Leiter’s Pharmacy Compassion inAction

PRESENTED BY HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY AND SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY Compassion inAction Opening Minds, Inspiring Hearts 6th Annual Conference on Palliative & End-of-Life Care Thursday, March 28, 2013

COMPASSION8:30 am – 5:00 pm Program, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Reception Santain ClaraA University,ction 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California 95053 SALLY ADELUS, PRESIDENT & CEO, Hospice of the Valley and DALE G. LARSON, PhD, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, Conference Chairperson – Welcome DAVID SPIEGEL, MD, Director, Center on Stress and Health, Stanford University – Healing and Feeling: Stress, Support, and Cancer – Keynote Speaker SUSAN M. BRUNO, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, Director of Business Development, Suncoast Hospice Institute – Caregiving in the Last Years of Life LOUIS GAMINO,MP PHD,A ABPP,SS FTI, Diplomate,O Clinical Psychology, Scott & White Healthcare; Associate CProfessor,O Psychiatry & Behavioral Science,N Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicinein – Psychological Care of the Dying: A DAVID PRAILLA, ctionChief Executive Officer, Help the Hospices, UK and Co-Chair, World Palliative Care Alliance

Sally Adelus, President & CEO Dale Larson, PhD David Spiegel, MD Susan Bruno, LCSW Louis Gamino, PhD David Praill

REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION: Visit hospicevalley.org/professionalcia COST: $125 includes program, reception, light breakfast, lunch, and 6 CEs and/or CMEs. Space is limited. CONTINUING EDUCATION: Hospice of the Valley is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 04462 and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Number 712 for 6 contact hours for nurses, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Hospice of the Valley is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CMEs will be provided for physicians by the California Hospice & Palliative Care Organization. Hospice of the Valley maintains responsibility for this program and its content. FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: Contact Chelsea Byom at [email protected] or call 1.408.559.5600, ext. 5464. PRESENTED BY HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY AND SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY Compassion inAction The Power of Narrative Medicine 7th Annual Conference on Palliative & End-of-Life Care Friday, March 28, 2014

8:30 am – 5:00 pm Program, 5:00 – 6:00 pm Reception Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California 95053

SALLY ADELUS, PRESIDENT & CEO, Hospice of the Valley and DALE G. LARSON, PhD, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, Conference Chairperson – Welcome BETTY FERRELL, RN, PHD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN, Professor and Director, Nursing Research, City of Hope Medical Center – Stories of Forgiveness at the End of Life and The Global Imperative of Palliative Care MARCIA LATTANZI-LICHT, MA, RN, LPC, Educator, Psychotherapist, Boulder, CO – Giving Grief Words: The Changing Narrative of Loss BJ MILLER, MD, Executive Director, Zen Hospice – I Could Die Today: The Aesthetic Potential of Palliative Care MATT WEINSTEIN, Emperor, Playfair, Inc. – What Bernie Madoff Couldn’t Steal From Me and The Healing Power of Laughter and Play ALSO FEATURING EXPERT PANEL MEMBER – Rakhi Yadav, MD, Medical Director, Hospice of the Valley and Palliative Care Center Silicon Valley

Sally Adelus, President & CEO Dale Larson, PhD Betty Ferrell, RN, PHD, MA Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, BJ Miller, MD Matt Weinstein MA, RN, LPC REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION: Visit hospicevalley.org/professionalcia COST: $125 includes all-day conference with panel discussion, light breakfast, lunch, and reception, and 6 CEs and/or CMEs. CONTINUING EDUCATION: Hospice of the Valley is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 04462 and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Number 712 for 6 contact hours for nurses, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Hospice of the Valley is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CMEs will be provided for physicians by the California Hospice & Palliative Care Association. Hospice of the Valley maintains responsibility for this program and its content. FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: Contact Amy Ramsey at [email protected] or call 1.408.559.5600, ext. 5446. Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors ENDORSED BY: California Hospice & Palliative Care Association BRONZE LEVEL: Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, Leiter’s Pharmacy COPPER LEVEL: Brannons Medical PRESENTED BY HOSPICE OF THE VALLEY AND SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY Compassion inAction The Human Side of Care - Across the Continuum 8th Annual Conference on Palliative & End-of-Life Care Friday, March 27, 2015

8:30 am – 5:00 pm Program, 5:00 – 6:00 pm Reception Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, California 95053

SALLY ADELUS, PRESIDENT & CEO, Hospice of the Valley and DALE G. LARSON, PhD, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, Conference Chairperson – Welcome MARTHA L. TWADDLE, MD, FACP, FAAHPM, Senior Vice President, Medical Excellence & Innovation Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University - Community-Based Palliative Care DAVID B. FELDMAN, PhD, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University - Personal Growth in the Midst of Suffering ALLAN KLEIN, MA, CSP – The Healing Power of Humor LOUISE ARONSON, MD, MFA, Associate Professor, UCSF Division of Geriatrics - The Human Side of Healthcare: Medicine as Stories, Stories as Medicine

Sally Adelus, President & CEO Dale Larson, PhD Martha L. Twaddle MD David B. Feldman, Allan Klein, MA, CSP Louise Aronson MD FACP FAAHPM PhD MFA

REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION: Visit hospicevalley.org/professionalcia COST: $125 includes all-day conference with panel discussion, light breakfast, lunch, and reception, and 6 CEs. CONTINUING EDUCATION: Hospice of the Valley is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 04462 and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Number 712 for 6 contact hours for nurses, social workers, and marriage and family therapists. Hospice of the Valley is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Hospice of the Valley maintains responsibility for this program and its content. FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS: Contact Jill Stein at [email protected] or call 1.408.559.5600, ext. 5446.