Description:
At the end of life, many patients express hope for the impossible. They hope to escape death. Hospice caregivers also struggle with the notion of hope in the face of their own certain death and seek clarity for their own lives and for their patients. Using various disciplines, reflection, and story, this presentation will explore what hope is, how it functions, the natural context in which it is born and nourished, its allies and its enemies. Hospice caregivers can learn to educate and empower their patients to choose hope.

Objectives:

• Participants will be able to define and describe the nature and function of hope.
• Participants will be able to name and describe hope’s negative counterparts and hope’s allies
• Participants will be able to illustrate positive interventions to instill hope in critical pastoral/spiritual situations
  

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****Side Note 4: Hospice Education Network, provider #1182, is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org, through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Hospice Education Network maintains responsibility for the program.