Hospice of the Valley Resources

Exceptional Speakers and Courses on Hospice Care

Hospice of the Valley is committed to educating and guiding those experiencing the loss of a loved one as well as those looking to join the ranks of hospice care treatment. Below, you’ll find a list of topics covered by our speakers and presenters, as well as the training courses we offer. Call today for more information.

General hospice topics include:

• Hospice Philosophy
• Hospice 101
• The Hospice Advantage
• Holistic Approach of Hospice Care
• Patient / Family Services
• Hospice Criteria
• Physical Care
• A Natural Death – The Dying Process
• Caring for a Loved One at Home
• Volunteer Services
• How to Become a Hospice Volunteer
• The Roles of a Hospice Volunteer
• Grief and Bereavement
• Dying, Death, and Loss
• The Healing Process Following a Death
• The Grief Process
• Grief and Children
• Children's Responses to Death and Dying
• Ways to Help Someone Who is Grieving
• Bereavement Resource Center
• Legal Issues
• Preparations to Make in Anticipation of Death
• Living Wills / Medical Power of Attorney
• Advance Directives – "You Have a Right"

Training course topics include:

• Hospice 101
• Pain Management
• Symptom Management
• Hospice Criteria for End-stage Heart Disease
• Hospice Criteria for End-stage Pulmonary Disease
• Hospice and the Alzheimer's Patient
• Stress Management
• Central Line Update
• IV Therapy Update
• CPR
• Other topics may be provided by request