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Community-Based Palliative Care

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CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care Provides Compliment of Courses to Implement Community-Based Palliative Care

Series of Ten Self-Paced Courses Announced

San Diego, CA – November 13, 2015 csupalliativecare.org. The California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care is pleased to announce its innovative Organizational Roadmap to Community-Based Palliative Care. This comprehensive approach combines a process for successfully implementing a community-based palliative care program with all the tools, in the form of online courses and resources, needed for success. It is available for individual courses as well as a complete series. It was created by a team of national experts to put affordable, easy-to-use tools in the hands of community organizations that need them.

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Advanced Chaplaincy Certificate

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Spiritual Palliative CareChaplaincy Palliative Care Specialists:
A Roadmap for Professional Growth

A good roadmap will lead you on a logical path to your destination. That is why we have created the following roadmap for you to compare these two distinct courses. The first section below describes our foundational course, Palliative Care Chaplaincy Specialty Certificate. It is required that you complete this course first (or have obtained Board certification from a professional chaplaincy association) then follow it with the Advanced Palliative Care Chaplaincy Specialty Certificate, the second section of the page below. Please note: These courses are no longer being offered. New courses in chaplaincy will be available in the fall of 2018. 

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Palliative Care Equals Good Doctor

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Two DocsGood Doc. Bad Doc. A World of Difference Between Two Palliative Care Doctors

In “Good Palliative Care, Bad Palliative Care: A tale of 2 Doctors”, Marie Colantoni Pechet, a Stage 4 colorectal cancer patient, speaks about her extensive history with palliative care doctors and pain management.  Here’s our synopsis and point of view on this recent article featured on WBUR’s Common Health.

Marie discusses a particular bout of pain that turned her onto pain medication. Despite her illness, Marie was weary of drugs and rarely used them because of a fear of dependency, the inability to drive, a dulled communication in her body, and stomach issues.

Although she expressed her fears of medication, her palliative care specialist immediately pushed her onto narcotics. She was scared and confused at the sudden, suggested change.

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Hospice and Palliative Care Social Workers

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Social WorkThe Vital Role of the Social Worker in End-Of-Life Care

“Transitions to Hospice Care—Social Workers Foster Meaningful Conversation About Dying” by Kate Jackson of Social Work Today addresses the vital role that social workers play in end-of-life care.

Palliative and hospice care are often the defining factors between a peaceful or disruptive death for both the patient and their loved ones. According to Jackson, “Social workers are key in encouraging difficult but important discussions among families and treatment providers that can help them make better palliative care decisions”.

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Ruth Westreich – Lights of LightBridge

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Ruth WestreichInstitute Supporter to be Awarded the Lights of LightBridge Award

On Friday, July 31, 2015, Ruth Westreich of Rancho Santa Fe will be honored with the Lights of LightBridge Award for her noble undertaking of hospice and palliative care.

Ruth, the president of the Westreich Foundation and a board member of the UCLA Arts and Healing Initiative, is a supporter of palliative, natural medicine, and the integration of healing art in healthcare. And did we forget to mention—Ruth is also an avid supporter of the CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care!

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