Enhance your understanding of the vital role social workers play in hospice care, including their contribution to pain and symptom management, emotional distress counseling, and compliance with Medicare regulations.

WEBINAR DETAILS

Do social workers play a prominent role in addressing pain and symptom management in your hospice? Do they regularly provide counseling for situations involving emotional distress and suicidal ideation utilizing specific theoretical frameworks? The role of the hospice social worker is comprehensive, and their work should always be informed by the most recent research and preferred practice standards. This webinar will delineate the work of the hospice social worker and link what they do to regulations and national standards.

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Differentiate between multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary models of care
• Recognize the critical role of social workers on the interdisciplinary team
• List four common challenges social workers face in today’s hospice environment
• Apply solutions to situational examples
• Identify the Medicare regulations that apply to hospice social workers
• Utilize the biopsychosocial model of care as a guide to specific challenges

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:  Hospice

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?  This informative webinar is designed primarily for hospice social workers. Leadership, management, and other team members will also benefit by learning about the social worker’s role in providing exceptional care.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

• Individual social worker assessment exercise to determine strengths and weaknesses
• Organization assessment exercise
• Guide demonstrating specific techniques and interventions
• Sample policy to assist social workers and teams work through challenging situations
• List of Medicare regulations for social workers
• Handout with additional lecture notes and learning opportunities
• Training log
• PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions

NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other agencies or those not employed by your agency is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.

 MEET THE PRESENTER:  Gary Gardia, LCSW, APHSW-C

Over 40 years ago, Gary began his hospice career as a volunteer. Since then, he has worked in many capacities leading a variety of teams and departments including volunteers, social workers, bereavement, and education.

 Gary holds Master’s Degrees in both Education and Social Work and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He also holds the new Advanced Palliative Hospice Social Worker Certification (APHSW-C). Gary received the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Heart of Hospice Award for developing innovative programs to meet the needs of caregivers and the bereaved and is the recipient of the national social work organization Social Work Hospice and Palliative Network (SWHPN) Award of Excellence in Professional Education.

 Gary is a frequent presenter and keynote speaker at state and national conferences and works as a consultant for various businesses and healthcare organizations. He is the past Executive Director of the Advanced Palliative Hospice Social Work certification organization.

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