SDAHO’s LifeCircle website offers a rich collection of on-demand education designed to support hospice, palliative care, advance care planning, and more. With pre-recorded webinars and education available dating back to 2009, it’s a convenient one-stop resource for members seeking timely, practical learning. LifeCircle’s on-demand webinars are available at no cost to members, though registration is required.
Getting started is easy: visit the LifeCircle website and scroll to the Education section to browse available recordings and find the topic that best fits your needs. Recent sessions include federal regulations affecting hospice care, hospice and donation, hospice quality and compliance, age-friendly care in the nursing home, palliative massage, and end-of-life doula education.
LifeCircle is more than a media library—it is a collaborative network focused on improving serious illness care across South Dakota. Members gain access to education, resources, and tools that help strengthen care for patients, families, and providers throughout the state.
LifeCircle webinar themes by year
2026 has focused on practical, current hospice topics, including federal regulations affecting hospice care and hospice and donation.
2025 featured a mix of clinical and care-delivery education, such as hospice quality and compliance, age-friendly health systems in nursing homes, palliative massage, end-of-life doula education, and the serious illness scorecard for improving palliative care access in South Dakota.
2024 leaned into specialty palliative care and equity topics, including hospice use disparities in American Indian patients with end-stage kidney disease, integrating community health workers into palliative care teams, the interdisciplinary palliative care seminar update, and guidance on responding to MAID-related questions.
2023 included sessions on therapeutic music at end of life, community health workers, buprenorphine for serious illness, and clinical indications for medical marijuana.
2022 covered medical cannabis, caring for seriously ill LGBTQ+ patients, and guardianship.
2021 addressed end-of-life care for immigrants and refugees, guardianship, and Judaism and end-of-life issues.
2020 included culturally responsive end-of-life care, with webinars on African American perspectives, Hispanic/Latino cultural competence, and Islamic perspectives on end-of-life care.
All SDAHO members have access to these tools, but becoming a LifeCircle member can open up even more resources. To learn more about SDAHO LifeCircle and begin your educational journey, visit lifecircle.sdaho.org. To sign up to become a member, click here.
