Speakers are provided to community groups and medical facilities who want to learn more about hospice care. To arrange a speaker, call Tom Moreland at 515.276.6696 or email morelandt@iowa-hospice.com.

Our speakers can discuss a variety of end-of-life issues, including:

• Hospice Care - An overview of hospice care services, eligibility requirements, and coverage of services and hospice-related medications and medical equipment.
• Coping Strategies - Explores the stages of grief and offers suggestions for coping with the loss of a loved one.
• Death and Dying - Addresses the emotional needs of terminally ill patients and offers methods of communicating with patients approaching death.
• End-of Life Planning - Explains how to prepare and use advance directives, along with other end-of-life planning.
• Volunteers - Volunteers make our program bloom. Explains how volunteers are an integral part of the hospice benefit and caring for our community.
• Pain and Symptom Management - Explains the compassion of providing supportive end-of-life care.

Presentations are between a half-hour and an hour depending on the time you have available for the speaker.

Listed below are a few of our presentations:

End-of-Life Care

• Hospice 101: The Basics 1 hr.
• Pain Management ½ hr.
• Spirituality at the End of Life ½ hr.

Life Planning and Decisions

• Advance Directives ½ hr.
• Communicating End-of-Life Wishes ½ hr.
• Five Wishes 1 hr.

Bereavement

• Caregiving - Taking care of Yourself 1 hr.
• Anticipatory Grief 1 hr.
• Grief - Signs & Symptoms 1 hr.

To arrange a speaker, call Tom Moreland at 515.276.6696 or email morelandt@iowa-hospice.com.