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Resources

Three Rivers Hospice provides in-service education to the community. We are available free of charge for educational events and speaking engagements for civic, business, professional and faith groups. Our experienced staff are also available for programs for Long Term Care Nursing homes, hospitals and other healthcare agencies.

Caring for someone in pain

  • Myths vs Facts of pain
  • How to manage pain
  • Signs of nonverbal pain
  • Pain ad scale
  • Pain at end of life

Confidentiality in healthcare

  • Common healthcare conversations that may fit as confidential
  • Different methods information becomes leaked
  • Social Media and confidentiality
  • Consequences for violating confidentiality
  • Preventing a breach

Creating a safe environment for Alzheimer's Patients

  • Differences in memory issues
  • Assessing the impact Alzheimer's has on the brain
  • Stages of Alzheimer's
  • Senior Gems and their behaviors
  • Providing care for the Alzheimer's patient.

Ethical boundaries for healthcare professionals

  • Identify the role of the healthcare professional.
  • The vulnerabilities that influences boundary conflicts.
  • Myths about boundaries and the most common violations.
  • How to manage rural (acquaintance) relationships professionally.
  • Sample scenarios to better identify signs of boundary violations.
  • Healthy alternatives for managing your professional life.

Grief and Loss

  • The transformation cycle
  • Understanding the grief process
  • Myths of grief and loss
  • Helping the grieving person
  • Comments to avoid vs. What to say
  • Understanding complex risk and the risk factorsIntervention strategies

Guardianship vs Conservatorship

  • Definitions
  • Differences between guardianship and conservatorship
  • How hospice relates to each aspect

Hospice 101

  • How a patient is referred to hospice
  • Patient eligibility
  • Hospice payment options
  • Patient care during hospice service
  • Curative vs. Palliative treatment
  • Patient certification requirements

Managing caregiver stress with a positive attitude

  • Signs and symptoms of caregiver stress
  • Impact of a positive attitude
  • The power of positive thinking
  • 5 things to do each day

Proper body mechanic techniques for patient transfers

  • General rules for safe patient handling
  • Suggestions for activities of daily living
  • Baths and hygiene
  • Protocols for safe work behaviors

Suicidal ideations and hospice care

  • Before there is a problem
  • What influences suicidal thoughts
  • Common features of health care related suicides
  • Patient and caregiver risk factors
  • Questions to ask
  • Effective resources and interventions

Understanding a medical power of attorney

  • Legal descriptions of a medical power of attorney
  • What leads to the power of attorney going into effect
  • Invocation procedures
  • Discussion regarding a Do Not Resuscitate order and how it relates to Power of attorney

More Info About Our Hospice Program

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

The oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.

Missouri Hospice and Pallative Care Organization

MHPCA offers a wide range of services and support to help you navigate through the process of selecting care and treatment for loved ones who are terminally ill.

Three Rivers Hospice Mt Vernon Page

A resource for the community wanting to learn more about hospice, grief resources, opportunities to volunteer for hospice, articles surrounding topics relevant to terminal illnesses and other pertinent information.

Three Rivers Hospice North Facebook page

A resource for the community wanting to learn more about hospice, grief resources, opportunities to volunteer for hospice, articles surrounding topics relevant to terminal illnesses and other pertinent information.

Three Rivers Hospice South Facebook page

A resource for the community wanting to learn more about hospice, grief resources, opportunities to volunteer for hospice, articles surrounding topics relevant to terminal illnesses and other pertinent information.

Gone from my Sight

The Dying Experience
The booklet “Gone From My Sight” explains in a simple, gentle yet direct manner the process of dying from disease.

AARP Grief and Loss Resources

Provides information on making funeral arrangements, dealing with financial matters, navigating the grieving process, and locating community bereavement resources.

Grief Words

A web-based, comprehensive library of articles and book excerpts about grief for bereaved families and bereavement caregivers.

Growth House

Resources for life-threatening illness and end of life care.

Dying Well

Resources for people facing life-limiting illness, their families, and professional caregivers.

Caregiver

An information resource on long-term care.

Hospice Foundation of America

A nonprofit organization providing general information about hospice with the goal of enhancing the American health care system and the role of hospice within it.

American Hospice Foundation

The American Hospice Foundation supports programs that serve the needs of terminally ill and grieving individuals of all ages.

Hospice Net

A page of definitions and Frequently Asked Questions on advance directives.

Death Cafe

A death café is a frank, unscripted discussion between members of the public -- i.e., "ordinary people" -- about the many issues surrounding the reality of dying and death. While one or two people generally facilitate a death café session, the conversation is usually conducted with limited direction, enabling the discussions to flow freely among participants in an organic fashion.

To help create an open, non-threatening environment that encourages conversation about sensitive issues, a death café is usually held at a "safe" location, such as a community center, church, coffee shop or a café (instead of a funeral home or hospital, for example).