Conference Sessions
| Monday, April 20, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | General Session- Welcome and Opening Keynote (Dr. Ira Byock) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Care Coordination Blueprint - Hospice in Assisted Living | End Stage Renal Disease in the Hospice and Palliative Care Population | Medical Aid in Dying: A Minnesota Option? | Harmony in Healing: The Collaborative Impact of Reiki and Music Therapy in Patients with Serious Illness | Following the Symptom Management Cues in CAPHS and HOPE | Behind the Silence: Understanding the Inner Worlds of Grief, Depression, and Suicidality | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Caring for the Caregivers: Building a Trauma-Informed Workplace in Hospice Organizations | Navigating Family Dynamics and the Human Connection | Hospice Regulatory/Quality Update | Moral Injury: For Veterans and Civilians | Pain Management: The Basics and Beyond | TWO MEANINGFUL LIVES; ONE GOOD, ONE NOT SO-GOOD DEATHS. (Lessons learned from an Intersection of the traditional Tibetan Buddhist spiritual perspectives and modern western end-of-life healthcare) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | The Canine Connection: Building an Effective Hospice Therapy Dog Program | From Insight to Impact: Connecting Research to Practice in Hospice Music Therapy | Elevating hospice care through compassionate, patient centered innovation | Family Caregiver Emotional Health Toolkit | From Guidelines to Protocols: Integrating Spiritual Care into Palliative Care | You Are Not Powerless: Proven Paths Away from Burnout, Toward Stamina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM | General Session- Welcome and Opening Keynote (Danger Boat Productions with Ira Byock) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | General Session- Welcome and Keynote (Tane Danger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Grief and Boundaries: Discerning what belongs to us and what belongs to our patients and families | Interdisciplinary Puts the "I" in Team: Lessons from a Case Study | Bridging the Divide: Mediation Skills for Supporting Families in Disputes at the End of Life | Courageous Conversations: The Art and Science of Saying Hard Things Well | Drug Diversion: What You Need to Know | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Confidence in Documentation for Hospice Regulatory Compliance! | Shattered Dreams, The State of the World and Hospice Care | Succession and Leadership Transitions: The Most Overlooked Strategic Conversation on the Planet | Managing Refractory Dyspnea in Chronic Lung Disease: Opioids, Anxiety, and Practical Strategies for Palliative Care | How Self-Worth Shapes Dignity, Relationships, and Quality of Life | Estate Planning at End of Life: Issue Spotting and Supporting the Grief Process | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | Common prescription patterns for the Case Manager | Enhancing Family Centered Care: Guiding Adult Patients on How to Talk to their Children about Dying and Death | Breaking Barriers: Tools and Resources to Improve End-of-Life Conversations | When Caregiving Follows You Home: Dual Duty Caregivers | Collaboration in Action - Yes, you can take peds | Hands On: How Caring For Our Dead Eases Grief | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
