As a community service, Big Bend Hospice offers informative presentations on a variety of health care issues. Members of the Hospice staff are prepared to offer positive and uplifting presentations reflecting the basic nature of hospice care. Many topics are appropriate for civic, church and social groups, while others are of special interest to health care workers, teachers, counselors and other professionals. All topics can be adapted to meet special needs. We have listed some of the most requested topics but many others are available. Please call Big Bend Hospice to arrange a speaker. 

Topics

Coping With Bad News
A practical guide to helping friends and co-workers deal with illness, death, and the loss of a loved one.

The Hospice Philosophy
An overview of the hospice health care concept and how it is devoted to living life to the fullest.

Dealing With Grief In The Workplace
Focuses on balancing professional obligations while supporting coworkers, clients, or employees, who are grieving or coping with family illness.

Advance Directives
Helps to inform you of your rights to control decisions regarding your end of life care.

Care for the Caregiver
How caregiving changes family patterns or roles and suggestions for coping with the stresses of caregiving.

Making A Difference
What hospice service means to the caring men and women who volunteer.

Palliative Care: Pain Management And Symptom Control
Nursing interventions to relieve a patient's pain and to control symptoms.

Children, Teens and Grief
Techniques for working effectively with children and teens suffering loss; how a child grieves differently from an adult and how to help them deal with their feelings.

Grieving As A Spiritual Journey
The special spiritual needs and concerns of patients and families who are grieving or facing a life threatening illness.