Hospice of Illinois provides complementary in-services by qualified members of our Hospice Team.

The seminars may be utilized for Continuing Education Credit for staff including nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers, discharge planners, pastoral care and admissions coordinators. The in-services vary in length of time, ranging from a 30 minute in-service to a half-day seminar.

Our Hospice In-Service offerings include:

• What is Hospice?
  • Comfort Care
  • Pain Management
  • Death With Dignity
• Cardiac Patients -The Heart of Hospice
• Grieving Families
• Personal Death Awareness
• Spiritual Issues for Caregivers
• Holiday Blues
• Dementia and Alzheimer's
• Tuberculosis and Universal Precautions for Heath Care Workers
• Food and Fluids: Helpful or Harmful
• Patient Confidentiality and Resident Rights
• Channeling Anger Constructively
• Communication and Team Building

If you do not identify an offering that meets your specific need, we can customize a topic for you. In addition, seminars are also available for family meetings and community groups.