Care Partners of Cook County and Cook County Higher Education (CCHE) are pleased to present “Caring With Compassion: Effective End-of-Life Conversations with Patients & Clients”, a free, four-part professional development series. Classes will be held quarterly on Wednesdays from 8:15-9:45am and may be attended in person at CCHE or online via Zoom.
The goal of the series is to help those in healthcare, social service, and other caring professions feel more confident in navigating effective, compassionate end-of-life conversations with the people they serve in our unique Cook County setting. While everyone in these professional communities is welcome, the workshops will be geared toward those who engage in sustained dialogue about a person’s physical, emotional, social, spiritual, or practical needs when facing end of life.
Preregistration is requested – use the links below to sign up for one or more sessions.
Presenters
Dr. Kurt Farchmin
Geriatrician, former Sawtooth Mountain Clinic provider, and current Elder Care Specialist with Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic
Rev. Anne Swallow Gillis
Retired United Church of Christ pastor and hospice chaplain
William Blackwell, Sr.
Grand Portage Ojibwe Spiritual Elder
Sessions
A Way Forward
Wednesday, March 11
Dr. Kurt Farchmin
Dr. Farchmin will help us consider the complex network of professionals who walk alongside those facing end-of-life and the evolving role of health care professionals in end-of-life discussions. We’ll explore why these conversations are personally and professionally challenging, and we’ll learn how they might be reframed to make them less difficult and more meaningful.
Spirituality & Cultural Traditions
Wednesday, June 17
Rev. Anne Swallow Gillis
William Blackwell, Sr.
Discover the spirituality and cultural traditions around dying and death, and their importance when assisting patients and clients.
Practical Empathy
Wednesday, August 12
Dr. Kurt Farchmin
Address the challenge of being both graciously and effectively present with patients and clients when the subject is dying and death.
When We Are Also Grieving
Wednesday, October 28
Dr. Kurt Farchmin
Recognize the importance of acknowledging and supporting one another in our individual and communal grief.
