July 16 at 1:00pm CST/12:00pm MST 

A significant portion of palliative care training focuses on physical symptoms, emotional distress, and existential concerns. But what is often overlooked is how these factors can significantly impact a patient’s sense of sexuality and intimacy.

It’s important for palliative care clinicians to have the skills and sensitivity to broach conversations about sexuality and intimacy with patients and their families. The hospital environment often focuses on medical procedures and the monitoring of symptoms, often overshadowing discussions around how intimacy is affected by one’s illness.

This Interprofessional Grand Rounds will explore the intersection of sexuality and intimacy for people living with serious illness. The speakers will explore how to address this topically holistically, as creating a safe space for such discussions fosters trust, allowing patients to voice their concerns and preferences openly. By the end of the session, participants will be able to define sexuality and intimacy for the palliative care population, identify medical, psychological, and social issues leading to intimacy and sexual symptom concerns in patients living with serious illness, and more.

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• CAPC is offering a 15% discounted membership rate to SDAHO members. Contact the CAPC membership team at membership@capc.org or 626-599-3730.

July 31 at 1:00pm CST/12:00pm MST

Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) will host a webinar July 31 on, “How Palliative Care Can Support Caregivers in Policy and Practice.”

State policymakers often neglect the link between caregiver support and palliative care access. Caregivers face isolation, lack information, and need better training. Palliative care can help, but more support is necessary for wider access.

In this webinar, the panel will explore the most pressing needs of caregivers; how palliative care can be deployed to meet these needs; and current policy initiatives in both areas. Speakers include:

• Scott Bane, JD, MPA, Senior Program Officer, JAHF
• Jonathan Cottor, MBA, MPH, Chief Executive Officer, Founder, National Center for Pediatric Palliative Care Homes
• Salom Teshale, PhD, Senior Policy Associate, The National Academy for State Health Policy
• Stacie Sinclair, MPP, Associate Director, Policy and Care Transformation, CAPC

Combining the evidence base with subject matter experts, the webinar aims to empower state policymakers and champions looking to alleviate caregiver burden through palliative care strategies.

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July 31 at 1:00pm CST/12:00pm MST

In this panel-based webinar, CAPC is joined by speakers from the National Academy for State Health Policy, National Center for Pediatric Palliative Care Homes, and The John A. Hartford Foundation, to explore the most pressing needs of caregivers; how palliative care can be deployed to meet these needs; and current policy initiatives in both areas. Combining the evidence base with subject matter experts, this webinar will empower state policymakers and champions looking to alleviate caregiver burden through palliative care strategies.

After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the most pressing needs of caregivers for people living with serious illness
• Describe the relationship between palliative care and improved caregiver experience
• Identify opportunities to support caregiver policy initiatives

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August 6 at 1:00pm CST/12:00pm MST

One way we can increase access to palliative care is to get better at describing it. Based on in-depth audience research, we know what works and why. Join CAPC for a deep dive into concrete ways palliative care clinicians can influence perceptions of palliative care in their interactions with patients and families, clinical colleagues, and the public. We’ll help you develop your palliative care elevator pitch and share answers to the most frequently asked questions about communicating palliative care, increasing referrals, and using social media for positive impact.

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August 15 at 11:30am CST/10:30am MST

Purpose: Are advance directives always helpful? This webinar will discuss ethical decision-making in the context of directive documents which may no longer apply.

Objectives:

• Describe findings in the literature on stability of patient preferences over time and health status
• Identify ethical questions raised when the only advance directive documents available are either outdated or drafted under significantly different clinical circumstances
• Interrogate the value of advance directive documents for ethical decision-making in such cases

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1:00 – 3:00 PM ET

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1:00 – 3:00 PM ET

A two-hour, comprehensive workshop on why, when, and how to safely prescribe buprenorphine.

CAPC is partnering with RE-UP to offer a series of clinical training workshops to help clinicians confidently manage pain for some of the most complex patients. Taught by expert faculty, Jessica S. Merlin, MD, PhD, MBA, and Katie Fitzgerald Jones, PhD, ACHPN, CARN-AP, these workshops synthesize the evidence and best practices for chronic pain management for patients living with a serious illness, with or without substance use disorder, and introduce an important treatment for the clinician’s toolbox: buprenorphine.

Cost: $100 for CAPC members; $125 for non-members

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