17th Annual Living With Grief Teleconference Announced

BESSEMER, MI - Wednesay, March 10, 2010 - Regional Hospice Services, Gogebic County MSU Extension, and Iron County UW-Extension will join together later this month to present the Hospice Foundation of America’s 17th annual Living With Grief teleconference.

This year’s topic focuses on “Cancer and End-of-Life Care.” The teleconference will address care options related to cancer diagnoses as well as loss and grief reactions for patients, families and professional caregivers. The teleconference will also examine psychosocial aspects of cancer, pain management, and ethical issues related to the disease.

The teleconference will take place on Wednesday, March 24, 2010, from 12:15 PM - 3:30 PM in the county board room of the Iron County Courthouse in Hurley. There is no cost to attend, but preregistration is encouraged by calling Regional Hospice at (906) 932-7076 or MSU Extension at 663-4045 or toll-free at 1-888-MSUE-4-MI (Gogebic).

Frank Sesno, Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, will lead a panel that includes: Yvette Colón, Director of Education & Support at American Pain Foundation; Malene Davis, President & CEO at Capital Hospice; Kenneth J. Doka, Professor of Gerontology at The College of New Rochelle; Richard Payne, Director, Institute on Care at the End of Life, Duke University; Sherry R Schachter, Director Bereavement Services at Calvary Hospital/Hospice; and Brad Stuart, Medical Director at Sutter VNA & Hospice.

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. 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 also provides an opportunity for a wide variety of professionals – including doctors, nurses, funeral directors, psychologists, educators, social workers and bereavement counselors – to exchange ideas and obtain continuing education credits for a small fee.

For more information please call Regional Hospice or MSU Extension. Lucia M. Patritto County Extension Director Michigan State University Extension – Gogebic County Natural Resources Center 500 North Moore Street, Bessemer, MI 49911 Telephone: (906) 663-4045; Fax: (906) 663-4058 patritto@msu.edu