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Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center Offers End of Life Seminar
Pictured from left to right are, Pat Kelley, Director of Education and Quality, Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center; Maria Roesler, Program Development Director, Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center; Debbie Jack, Inpatient Unit Director, VanDyke Hospice at Community Medical Center; Tina Sevener, Clinical Educator, VanDyke Hospice at Community Medical Center; Barbara Eklund, Hospice Services Director, Inpatient Unit at Monmouth Medical Center; Henry DeMena, Bereavement Counselor, Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center; and Jeanne Stout, Hospice Services Director, VanDyke Hospice at Community Medical Center. These members of the Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center Team recently presented a Care at the End of Life Seminar to health care professionals at Monmouth Medical Center. More than 50 individuals from the nursing, case management, social work, and patient satisfaction departments attended this pertinent lecture that included discussion in the areas of pain and symptom management, grief and loss, and the importance of communication between clinicians and patients and families. “The goal of the Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center is to provide patients and families with the emotional, spiritual, and physical support needed when coping with an advanced illness,” explains Roesler. “One way we can ensure this goal is being met, is to provide educational opportunities to those who encounter individuals at the end stage of life.” Established in 1981, the Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, located at 95 Old Short Hills Road in West Orange, provides comprehensive care for patients with advanced illness, and their families, throughout ten counties in the State of New Jersey. The Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center supports inpatient units at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, NJ, as well as Van Dyke Hospice at Community Medical Center in Toms River. It also provides home care and services for individuals in long-term care and assisted living facilities The Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, which serves infants, children, adults and the elderly, honors the unique choices and values of patients and their families and offers full access to the broad array of services provided by the Saint Barnabas Health Care System. For information, call 973-322-4800.[ top ] [ back to News Index ] |
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