(90-minute webinar – available live or on-demand)

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

3:00 - 4:30PM Eastern

There’s always talk about preparing patients and families for death, but who prepares the caregivers? They must be able to prepare themselves and cope with their stress during the death and bereavement processes, too. Register today to devote just 90 minutes to helping and teaching the caregivers. It’s well worth the investment.

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Explain the distinct characteristics of family caregiver emotional preparation in relation to assessment and intervention
• Discuss caregiver strain assessment in connection with patient status changes or impending death
• Describe the stress-coping model components from the perspective of family caregivers navigating a loved one’s terminal illness
• Apply the dimensions of caregiver preparation for death and bereavement to person-centered practice using a case study
• Give examples of practical strategies in assessing family caregiver biopsychosocial-spiritual preparation for the death and bereavement experience by employing case studies
• Demonstrate best practices in advancing family caregivers’ affective, cognitive, and behavioral preparation for the death and bereavement experience through case study analysis

WEBINAR DETAILS: Preparing family caregivers of terminally ill patients for death and bereavement can diminish uncertainty, enhance their biopsychosocial-spiritual well-being, and shape patient outcomes. Applying the stress-coping model, this interactive, case-based webinar will address best practice strategies in assessing and advancing three dimensions of caregiver preparation for the dying/post-death experience. This skill-advancing session will outline family caregiver-centered integration methods for each dimension of in-home care settings. Participants will be able to apply the model and strategies to practice analyzing case studies of terminally ill patients and their family caregivers.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES: Hospice, Home Health, Home Care, Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This informative session will advance the knowledge and skills of team leaders, frontline nursing professionals, volunteer managers, occupational and physical therapists, social workers, spiritual caregivers, and others who participate in the patient care experience.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

• Training log
• PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
• Attendance certificate provided

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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: Julie A. Guistwite, PhD, LSW, FT, Ripple of Light Bereavement Resource Center, LLC

Dr. Julie A. Guistwite is the owner of Ripple of Light Bereavement Resource Center, LLC. She is an Advanced Certified Thanatologist and Pennsylvania Licensed Social Worker with 20 years of professional experience in nursing home, home health, hospice, and funeral home settings. Dr. Guistwite also has over a decade of higher education expertise and six years of virtual professional development presenter experience. Teaching experiences include authoring a palliative care course and instructing palliative, end-of-life, older adult, health policy, and family offerings. She developed the social work profession’s first scale to evaluate and refine practitioners’ expertise in death, dying, and bereavement care. Her areas of expertise include older adults, thanatology, palliative care, healthcare equity, and families in the final lifecycle stages. She is deeply passionate about the well-being of persons/families navigating the final stages of life and about growing providers’ skills.