Expanding Your Comfort Zone; Where the Magic Happens - Session Two
Channel: Home Care, Hospice Palliative Care Alliance NH
Date: 2023-10-18

October 18   
What is your challenge? What prevents you from taking a risk? What is a challenge you have overcome?  

It's OK to Not Be OK (Tips for the Not OK moments) 
Meeting someone for the first time can be challenging for some. Not everyone has the instant ability to strike up a conversation at a moment’s notice. Meeting a hospice patient and family for the first time brings with it an additional dynamic to navigate. It’s ok to not be ok. You are not alone when you feel anxious, fearful, unworthy, and downright scared as you stand at a patient’s door. Those feelings are normal. Our job is not to get rid of them. Our job is to work through them. 
Join us in this workshop as we explore practical strategies and share insights on how to navigate these fears and anxiety provoking situations with confidence and grace.  Whether you are a new volunteer or simply seeking to enhance your interpersonal skills, this workshop will help you to connect with new people more comfortably and compassionately. 

The Enduring Impact: creating a positive response for those facing memory loss. 
When a patient's memory of a visit fades, their body retains the lasting effects of our actions. In this session, Dr. Bernice Burkarth, MD, HMDC, FAAHPM, Chief Medical Officer for Tufts Medicine at Home, will provide an insightful overview of the intricate connection between the body and the brain's response to acts of kindness. Gain a deeper understanding of how our actions can influence not only cognitive but also physiological responses. These “unremembered” interactions can significantly impact the well-being of those in our care and truly make a difference in the lives of those we serve. 

Break    

Panel-Filling Your Hospice Volunteer Toolbox   
facilitated by Lisa Challender  
 
Have you ever felt at a loss for ideas to engage your patients?  If you had a robust volunteer tool bag, would you be more apt to step outside of your comfort zone and try new assignments?  Join our panelists as they share their experiences and strategies for connecting with patients and while also building your confidence as hospice volunteer.  Our panelists include a therapeutic musician, music therapist, adult daycare staff member and experienced home hospice volunteer. 
 · Philip Huckins, Ph.D. is a retired college professor, Philip has a degree in pastoral theology from the Episcopal Divinity School, in Cambridge, MA, and has completed the end-of-life doula certification program through the University of Vermont Medical School. Philip has been a hospice volunteer in a nursing home setting during the past year. 
 · Paige Chaplin, MT-BC Music Therapist for Tufts Medicine Care at Home 
Donna Raycraft has been a Hospice volunteer for 10 years and has had the honor of companioning with patients, facilitating grief groups, providing respite, providing Reiki to patients and their families, doing bedside vigils, helping at events and facilitating Matter of Balance classes12:25- 12:30 Final thoughts, wrap up, Lisa Challender