12/29/2022
End of Life, Palliative Care, and Hospice Services
A workshop for Interpreters
Saturday, January 21, 2023
9:00am to 5:00pm
(one hour lunch on your own)
ACEC Arizona
(My Florist Plaza)
532 W McDowell Road
Phoenix AZ 85003
This special opportunity workshop is provided at no cost by a grant from the Arizona Community Foundation, and Valley Center of the Deaf, in partnership with the Arizona Commission for the Deaf. 7 CEUs approved. This is an in-person workshop, hybrid is not available.
Target Audience: All Levels
This workshop honors non-discrimination and promotion of an environment of mutual respect and free from bias. Everyone is welcome.
About the workshop: This workshop will introduce the foundational theories and principles of Hospice care. Hospice care is end-of-life care, as well as support for the family and loved ones. This course will discuss the process and expectations of what end of life can be, can look and feel like, and to offer better understanding of this sacred transition. In many cultures Death and Dying are uncomfortably discussed, if not altogether avoided. This workshop is offered to help us with where to begin such discussions, by helping us understand the experience. By learning about this we can more comfortably find solace by grieving effectively. With proper training we will be better prepared to understand ways to best serve and support those we are working with, and those that we love as part of the Hospice team. Equally important we will cover ways of caring for ourselves when we are in this chapter of life, whether ours or those we are called to work with. Specialized vocabulary, medicinal modalities, common scenarios, and self-care will be discussed. All levels are welcome. Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for continuing education activities. This GS program is offered for 0.7 CEU's at the "Little/None" Content Knowledge Level.
Seating is limited. Registration is required.
This workshop will be presented in English.
ASL interpreters provided
Email KRVNELSON@Gmail.com to register
About the presenter: Kirsten Nelson has trained as a volunteer in a variety of hospice modalities, including Respite Care, Pediatric Hospice, The 11th Hour Program, and Bereavement Care, providing service and support to those receiving Hospice Services, as well as caring for the family and loved ones during this sacred transitional experience. Kirsten has been an Interpreter since 1988 working in an array of settings, from prenatal care through, well, the end of life. Kirsten currently works as a freelance interpreter enjoying the diversity and challenges this type of work provides. She lives with her partner of 34 years in Central Phoenix, and together they have raised 4 amazing daughters, several dogs, a handful of cats, and a smattering of other critters. In her free time Kirsten enjoys creating art, reading, and laying in her hammock doing nothing other than listening to the birds, and watching clouds pass by.
