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Delirium, A Major Source of Suffering: Definition, Prevention, Detection, and Management
People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support.
Delirium is one of the most common and devastating symptoms for patients and families to experience, yet it often misinterpreted in hospice settings. Lack of information and training hinder the ability of many hospice professionals to take effective measures to prevent, detect and manage delirium. Are you and your team equipped with the knowledge you need about this major source of suffering for your patients and their families?
Watch this free 60-minute presentation presented by pioneering hospice physician and educator Marcia Levetown, MD, MMM, HMDC, FAAHPM. This webinar is being presented due to popular demand following Dr. Levetown’s May 2019 webinar on Dementia and Hospice. In this essential session, Dr. Levetown will provide tools and strategies to prevent and relieve delirium in palliative and hospice care. This is information you and your team need now.
Watch and learn:
Don’t miss this important opportunity for you and your team to deepen your understanding of delirium and enhance the care you provide to patients and families.
Recorded Oct 23, 2018
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Marcia Levetown, MD, MMM, HMDC, FAAHPM was among the first physicians in the U.S. to be certified in hospice and palliative medicine in 2008. She has been a pioneer in the field since 1994 and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Dr. Levetown has held professorships in internal medicine and pediatrics, served as the inaugural Chair of the Institute of Palliative Care at the Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, as Regional Medical Director for Vitas, and served as a member of an IOM Committee. She is a highly sought after speaker, author of two books, several chapters in leading palliative care textbooks, many articles and national policies on ethics and palliative care topics.
WellSky is a technology company advancing human wellness worldwide. Our software and professional services address the continuum of health and social care — helping businesses, organizations, and communities solve tough challenges, improve collaboration for growth, and achieve better outcomes through predictive insights. People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support. So we help them to care smarter. Liberating them to focus on the people they serve. Providing solutions that make work flow, integrate insights, and update effortlessly. So they're able to anticipate — and exponentially increase — the impact of care. Informed by more than 30 years of providing software and expertise, our purpose is to empower care heroes with technology for good, so that together, we can realize care’s potential and maintain a healthy, flourishing world.
WellSky is a technology company advancing human wellness worldwide. Our software and professional services address the continuum of health and social care — helping businesses, organizations, and communities solve tough challenges, improve collaboration for growth, and achieve better outcomes through predictive insights that only WellSky solutions can provide. A portfolio company of TPG Capital, WellSky serves more than 10,000 client sites around the world — including the largest hospital systems, blood banks and labs, home health and hospice franchises, government agencies, and human services organizations. Our purpose is to empower care heroes with technology for good, so that together, we can realize care’s potential and maintain a healthy, flourishing world.
People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support. So we help them to care smarter. Liberating them to focus on the people they serve. Providing solutions that make work flow, integrate insights, and update effortlessly. So they're able to anticipate — and exponentially increase — the impact of care.
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