2025 MNHPC Conference - Charting New Paths
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As we approach the 2025 MNHPC Annual Conference, the schedule is subject to change. 

Charting New Paths - Shaping the Future of Hospice & Palliative Care
April 7 & 8, 2025 at Radisson Blu Mall of America 

Full Conference Program
Monday, April 7, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Monday Keynote: The Past Guides the Future
Judi Lund Person, MPH, CHC - Lund Person & Associates, LLC
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10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
1A - Regulatory Deep Dive
Judi Lund Person, MPH, CHC - Lund Person & Associates, LLC
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1B - VSED: Top 10 Things Minnesota Clinicians Must Know When Patients or Surrogates Decide to Stop Eating and Drinking
Vic Sandler, MD - MD
Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD
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1C - It’s Not a Miracle, It’s Music Therapy: How Current Practices, Interventions and Experiences Can Inform How We Care for Hospice Patients in the Future
Leanne Barck - Park Nicollet Home Hospice
Annie Majure - St Croix Hospice
Linnea Bowens-Larson - Lakeview Hospice
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1D - Trauma Informed Care in the Hospice Population: An Intro for the Health Care Team
Amy Greminger - UMN
lizzie easter - essentia health
Meredyth Fifield - Essentia Health hospice
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1E - Optimization of the NP role in a Well-Established Community Nonprofit Hospice
Heidi Seaberg - Seasons Hospice
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1F - Bearing Witness: How we provide care and support in the face of suffering that we can’t fix
Patty Lee - Our Lady of Peace Hospice
Elizabeth Allen - Our Lady of Peace
Raina Larson, LSW - Our Lady of Peace Hospice
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11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Lunch
 
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch & Learn: The Bardo
 
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1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
2A - Hospice Volunteering as Experiential Learning in Undergraduate Death Education
Ron Barrett, PhD
Michelle Buron - Our Lady of Peace Hospice and Home Care
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2B - Trends and Hospice survey findings
Brenda Fischer, RN
Judy Loecken, LSW
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2C - VSED Eligibility in Dementia: “Dementia is Incompatible with Who I Am”
Florence Wright - Allina Health
Zach Razavi - Allina
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2D - Estate Planning and Medical Assistance Planning: Issue Spotting and Ethics Considerations
Rachel Schromen, JD
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2E - Tough Talk: Navigating difficult conversations about death and non-death grief with children, teens, and caregivers through therapeutic play and expressive art activities.
Laura Sufka - Children's Coping Connection, LLC
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2F - Nociplastic Pain and Emerging Psychedelic Therapies
Roberto Emilio Fu Carrasco - University of Minnesota
Ada Breitenbucher - University of Minnesota
Erika Mendoza Plaut - UMN
John Politsch - University of Minnesota
Emma Schaffer - UMN
Melody Shepherd - University of Minnesota
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2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
3A - Self-Acupressure for Stress Management
Kim Christensen, DAOM, DiplOM, Lac
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3B - The Future of Self-Care Isn’t ‘Self’-Care: Fighting burnout together
Zac Willette - Beyond Hospice / ZMW Consulting
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3C - Getting Comfortable WITH Grief
Ted Bowman - MDiv
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3D - Ceremony: The Impact of Ritual for Veteran, Families, and Caregivers
Steve Person, M.Div, BCC-HPC - St. Cloud, MN Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Kenzie Wilson - St. Cloud VA
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3E - Creating Moments of Ceremony at the Initial Transfer
Angela Woosley - Inspired Journeys LLC
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3F - Blessing the Beloved Body - A Blessing Prayer Honoring Meditation After a Death
Maggie O'Connor - retired
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2:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Wellbeing Orbit
 
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3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Closing Keynote: Enhancing Personal Wellbeing
Mariann Johnson
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4:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Reception
 
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5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Annual Member Meeting: Open to ALL Members
 
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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome & Volunteer of the Year Awards
 
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Opening Keynote: MAID Panel - The Intricate Landscape of Medical Aid in Dying: Preparing for Changes in Policy and Practice
Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD
Mary Carlsen - St. Olaf College
Barbara Morris
Rosie Gaston, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C - A Better Ending LLC
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
4A - Utilizing Hospice Volunteers to Engage with Hospice and the Grieving Community
Amy Stelpflug - Mayo Clinic Hospice
Ann Siverling, MDiv, BCC, MBA, CT
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4B - Bridging the Gap: Innovative approaches to Embedded Specialty Palliative care in Unconventional Spaces to Improve Outcomes and Shift Culture
Daniel Townsend - HealthPartners
Vic Sandler, MD - MD
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4C - Bridging the Gap: Access to Music Therapy in Rural Minnesota
Christina Wood - Healing Rhythms Music Therapy
Brianna Larsen - Healing Rhythms
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4D - Audits Are Here to Stay: Long Stay Audit Process and Tools
Deb Lane - Allina Health Hospice
Theresa Everson - Allina Health
Joanna Capecchi - Allina Health
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4E - Enhanced Palliative Care and Hospice Nursing Practice Through the Use of Auricular Acupressure
Emily Lytle - Mayo Clinic
Kristin Mahoney - Mayo Clinic
Brenda Stephens - Mayo Clinic
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4F - Pathways to Eye & Tissue Donation for the Hospice Community
Patty Stockdale - Lions Gift of Sight / UMN
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11:45 AM - 1:15 PM
Lunch
 
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch & Learn: Challenges and Solutions in Hospice Volunteer Management - Better Impact
 
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Lunch & Learn: Residential Hospice Houses in Minnesota - Residential Hospice Consortium
 
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1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
5A - LVAD at End of Life: A Case Study in Complex Symptom Management and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Julie Benson - lakewood health system
Karina Galvin - M Health Fairview
Leslie Sater - HealthPartners Hospice
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5B - Room and Board Pass-Thru Billing
Greg Leahy, MN DHS
Anne Erickson, MN DHS
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5C - Creation of a Continuous Care PIP and the Positive Effects of Implementation in a Community Hospice
REBEKAH KIRGIS - Seasons Hospice
Rosemary Stutzka - Seasons Hospice
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5D - An Innovative Transition to Practice Approach: New Graduates Becoming Bright Stars!
KATHRYN KOEHNE - Crescent Cove
Allison Cottrell - Crescent Cove
Devyn McNamara, RN
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5E - Why and What is Neuropalliative Care?
Ada Breitenbucher - University of Minnesota
Peter Hannon, MD
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5F - Physician Point of View: Future of Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine in Value Based Care
Michael Madison, MD - Thanacare
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2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
6A - Palliative and End of Life Care of Immigrants and Refugees
Miguel Ruiz Diaz - HealthPartners
Cristina Plaza Ruiz, Ed.D., LMFT
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6B - Addressing the Complexity of Parkinson’s disease and Related Conditions on Hospice
Kevin Webb-Kay, MD - University of Minnesota
Vic Sandler, MD - MD
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6C - Music Therapy in Bereavement Care: Providing a Safe Vessel for Feelings, Emotions, and Memories
Theresa Arlien, MT-BC - Ecumen Hospice
Martha Young - Ecumen Hospice
Birdie Cunningham - Ecumen Hospice
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6D - Small Steps Toward Goal Concordant Care with Serious Illness Conversations
Katy Hentges - Allina Health
Glen Varns - Allina Health
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6E - The Sleep-Fall Connection: Sleep’s Role in Fall Prevention
Heather Johnson - Empira
Kelly Klund - Empira
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6F - From Tangles to Tango: A Creative Approach to Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia.
Vineetha Jose - Essentia Health
Amy Greminger - UMN
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday Keynote: Don't Wait: Lessons on Living from the Dying
Rosie Gaston, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C - A Better Ending LLC
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