Specializing in exceptional care for those with limited life expectancy, plus emotional and spiritual care for the entire family, Hospice of the Piedmont offers the 2010 Faith Community Symposium to all clergy, lay leaders, and parish nurses throughout our nine-county service area.  Attendees will learn how to help their congregations and parishioners cope with serious illness and loss.

Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, professor of Gerontology at the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle, senior consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America, and an ordained Lutheran minister.

Session Topics include [click here for complete schedule of events]:

• Being a Supportive Presence at the End of Life
• Avoiding Compassion Fatigue:  Self-Care and Support
• Supporting Families through Serious Illness and Death
• Training Members of the Congregation to Support Others at the End of Life
• Comforting when Death is Unexpected
• Helping When Children and Teens are Grieving
• Understanding Advance Directives and End of Life Decisions
• Understanding Hospice and Palliative Care and How They Can Help

Registration:

To register, download the registration form and return by mail on or before March 4, 2010.  Late registrations will be accepted by telephone until 5:00 pm, Monday, March 8.  Call (434) 817-6900 or toll free 1-800-975-5501.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, registration fees are nominal and help to defray the costs of the conference.

• $10 per person for morning or afternoon sessions, including lunch; or
• $15 per person to attend all day, including lunch; or
• $25 (total) for groups of 3 or more from the same faith community