Hospice and Palliative Medicine for the Older Adult: Where Compassion Combines with Comfort, Dignity, and Control at the End of Life
- Speaker:
- Nicola Harchut, DNP, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, ACHPN
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 02 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Oct 17, 2025
- Product Code:
- POS078964
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
A patients’ end of life journey can be filled with feelings of suffering that extend beyond their physical symptoms. Confronting mortality and experiencing a loss of control over their health, and physical needs, results in many personal struggles. Older adults may experience a profound sense of loss of control, an exacerbation of emotional and physical symptoms, and face difficulties in communicating their preferences for care. This session will explore how palliative and hospice medicine serve as supportive layers of care for the older adult. Nicola Harchut, DNP, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, ACHPN, will provide you with multi-disciplinary end of life care strategies to address all aspects of patient comfort, enhanced patient communication, and skills to support patient choices and control.
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Handouts/Brochure
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Hospice and Palliative Medicine for the Older Adult (3.1 MB) | 24 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Hospice and Palliative Medicine for the Older Adult (137.8 KB) | 18 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
Nicola Harchut, DNP, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, ACHPN Related seminars and products
Ms. Harchut is a doctoral prepared advanced practice nurse who is board certified as an adult nurse specialist (ACNS-BC), advanced nurse executive (NEA-BC), and certified by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association as an advanced clinical hospice and palliative nurse (ACHPN). Additionally, she is certified as an end-of-life nursing education consortium trainer (ELNEC trainer). She has a combined 16 years of advanced practice nursing experience and clinical nursing experience spanning across multiple care settings from home based care to outpatient clinics, skilled nursing facilities, and inpatient acute care/hospitals. She has dedicated her nursing practice to providing expert advanced nursing care to those receiving palliative care and end of life care. Ms. Harchut resides in San Antonio, Texas with her family. She currently is the lead advanced practice provider for the Envision Physician Services hospital-based San Antonio Palliative Care Program.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Nicola Harchut has an employment relationship with Envision Physician Hospitalist Services. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Nicola Harchut has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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Objectives
- Determine the signs and situations which indicate the appropriate timing to discuss initiating end of life care, specifically palliative or hospice care.
- Understand the difference between palliative and hospice care.
- Develop a multidisciplinary approach to support open communication, with discussions centered on patient preferences and choices.
- Evaluate end-of-life discomfort in older adults and focused treatment plans.
Outline
Understand Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care- Updated definitions of palliative and hospice care
- Perspectives to meet the palliative or hospice needs of an older adult
- Explore the symptoms of physical, emotional, and spiritual distress at the end of life
- Dispel stereotypes in end-of-life experiences of the older adult
- Assessment tool updates for physical, emotional and spiritual distress in the older adult
- Discuss goals and preferences for care
- Understand the communication needs of older adults
- A templated approach to serious illness communication
- The communication shut down: Strategies to keep the conversation moving
- Address feelings of loss
Target Audience
- Registered Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physicians
- Physician Assistants
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Speech Language Pathologists
- Social Workers
- Counselors
- Nursing Home Administrators
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