HPCAI Speakers Bureau

Do members of your organization understand what palliative care is and how it is different from hospice care?

Would they benefit from knowing more about specific services provided through hospice and palliative care including dealing with grief or managing pain?

If your answer is yes to either of these questions, or you have your own questions, HPCAI may be able to offer assistance through its speakers bureau.  HPCAI can recommend speakers from across the state to present to your group or organization, participate on a panel, conduct a seminar or meet with individuals.  Speakers are available to cover a variety of topics and may also be able to create and customize a presentation to meet your group’s specific needs.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Hospice Care: An Introduction
• Palliative Care: An Introduction
• Palliative Care Symptom Management
• Community-Based Palliative Care
• Iowa Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (IPOST)
• Understanding the Grief Process
• Grief and Loss
• Ethics
• Pain and Symptom Management
• Volunteering in Hospice
• Difficult Conversations
• ELNEC

For more information on the HPCAI Speakers Bureau, please contact HPCAI Education Director Stacey Nay at 515-243-1046, ext. 309 or nays@ihaonline.org.