Hospice Care of California
Area Covered:

  S. Orange
  N. Orange
Los Angeles
 
Contact Information
 
   
Email: Lorena Stewart
   
Phone: (800) 889-3227
  
     
Web Site:  www.hospicecareofca.org
 
Fee: no fees are charged
   
Programs Available: 
Professional Education Inservices Class List

- Overview of Hospice Philosophy / Guidelines / Services
- Medical Guidelines for determining Hospice Appropriateness
- Making a Timely Referral to Hospice
- End-of-Life Care
- Pain Assessment/Management
- Use of CADD Pump--Pain Control
- Signs and Symptoms of the Dying Process
- Hospice in a Board and Care, RCFE, or SNF.
- The Grief Process in Children and / or Adults
- Cultural and / or Ethical Issues at End-of-Life
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Consult Team
- Diagnosing Suffering
- Care Plan Oversight Physician Billing
- Grief in the Workplace
- Education for Physician on End-of-Life Care--only for MDs
- Advance Directives
- Nutrition / Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
- Death and Dying
- Symptom Management (pain, seisures, nausia / vomiting, constipation, anxiety)
- Spiritual Concerns at the End-of-Life
- Safety and Prevention of Falls Related to Lifting and Moving Patients
- Care of End-Stage Alzheimer Patient
- Improving Communication Skills for Better Care
- Communicating with the Dementia Patient
- Working Together as a Team in the Skilled Nursing Facility
- Working Together as a Team in the RCFE
- How to Deliver Bad News
- Setting Professional Boundaries

 
Community Education Inservices Class List

- Overview of Hospice Philosophy / Guidelines / Services
- Every Day is a Gift
- Cultural / Ethical Issues at the End-of-Life
- Advance Directives
- End-of-Life Care Issues
- Communicating with Compassion
- Hospice in a Board and Care for RCFE
- Spiritual Concerns at the End-ofLife
- The Grief Process in Child and/or Adult
- Caring for the Bereaved
- Coping with the Holidays
- Caring for Yourself when You Caring for Someone Ill
- Suffering and the Process of Dying
- Grief in the Workplace
- "Hard Choices for Loving People"
- "Recalling your Life Story"--Leaving a Legacy
- Family Meetings--to guide families in their communication with a loved one who is dying

 
Support Group every Tuesday at 10:00am
 
 
Program Length:
  flexible from 30 minutes to 1 hour
Equipment Needed:
Comments:  
  Hospice Care of California is a program of palliative and supportive
services which provides physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care for dying persons and their families. Services are provided by a medically supervised interdisciplinary team of professionals and volunteers. Regardless of the setting, Hospice Care of California seeks to offer support to terminally ill patients so that their final days may be spent with dignity in a setting appropriate for their care. Services are available 24 hours/day - 7 days a week. Hospice Care of California also offers guidance to family members and staff during the terminal phase of an illness and through supportive bereavement services after the death occurs (family is intended to include the immediate family and/or friends as designated by the patient).