In addition to monthly offerings, Suncoast Institute offers the
following intensives and training
programs at various times during the year
and as requested by organizations:
INTENSIVES
- Admit Smart, Document Well and Assure A Sound Business
(2-day Intensive)
Maintaining a Caring Sanctuary and Sound Business in
today's hospice environment is becoming more complex with the
critical challenges of focused medical reviews, ADRs, survey
readiness, the new CoPs and competitive markets. This
intensive workshop being offered by a successful comprehensive
hospice will help break down access barriers, provide practical
systems to admit, document to assure excellence in communications
and care and assure proper reimbursement.
- Proactive IDT Documentation Train-the-Trainer (2-day
Intensive)
Continued scrutiny demands we provide effective
documentation that reflects the value and need for hospice
services. This comprehensive program presents the Hospice
Interdisciplinary Care Process through a critical thinking
framework as a basis for documentation that reflects the hospice
model of care. This train-the-trainer program will allow the
participant to implement this comprehensive documentation system in
their agency. It includes all the documentation training
curriculum, teaching aides, guidelines, clinical reference/program
integrity tools, and resources to train your staff and volunteers
to "paint the picture" that justifies the value of our
services.
- Transform Your IDG...A Workshop for IDG Team Leaders,
Clinical Managers and Team Facilitators (2-day Intensive)
Transform your IDG for effective, efficient, meaningful
collaboration and improved quality of care! Optimal end of life
experiences happen when the IDG is directed by patient/family
values, experiences and needs. This intensive workshop
incorporates over 30 years of "The Suncoast Hospice
Experience" approach to care which prompts &
highlights the value of best interdisciplinary
practices. Practical approaches and tools will be offered to
lead effective IDG meetings, support 24/7 team collaboration and
accountability. A mock IDG will demonstrate and share proven
techniques to keep the team focused on patient/family outcomes,
while valuing & supporting each member of the IDG.
- Building Palliative Care Services: Beyond
Traditional Hospice (2-day Intensive)Palliative care
programs are gaining in popularity as healthcare systems view them
as an integral part of developing a continuum of services ranging
from chronic care to end of life care. This program will
review the various models of delivering palliative care focusing on
addressing a true continuum of care from pre-birth through
old-age. Issues to be addressed within each model will be
mission directed focus, federal & state regulatory issues,
operational concerns, reimbursement and marketing strategies.
Participants will have the opportunity to dialogue with palliative
care experts who have experience delivering palliative care across
the care continuum.
- Building Capacity for Quality Service by Attracting and
Retaining Volunteers (2-day Intensive)
Volunteers are the heart of hospice, giving unselfishly of
their time to patients, families and the hospice
organization. Volunteers are one of the features of hospice
which differentiate our services from all other healthcare
organizations. They give tremendous value to hospice and are
as important to the hospice organization as other services, yet
often volunteer services receive less attention than they
deserve. This program focuses on giving the volunteer manager
the tools to recruit, train and retain volunteers, integrate them
into the IDG and develop new volunteer opportunities and programs
within the organization.
- End of Life Nursing Education Consortium
(ELNEC) (2 days - 15 hours teaching time -
Identify T-t-T or Implement)
Funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
the American Association of Colleges of Nursing joined forces with
the City of Hope National Medical Center to propose a national
effort to correct the deficiencies found in nursing education
addressing peaceful end-of-life care. There are two different
training levels targeting different populations, those with
extensive end-of-life experience that wish to train others
(Train the Trainer Program-[ T-t-T]) and those
with minimal experience who will find the content to be a
challenging growth opportunity (Implementation
Training-[Implement]). The ELNEC curriculum contains nine
modules addressing critical aspects of end-of-life
care.
- Accessing Family Caregivers Upstream from Hospice
(2-day Intensive)
This award winning program is a caregiver-driven training
designed to address end-of-life issues in a manner that helps
caregivers find a sense of meaning, purpose and value in the
end-of-life caregiving experience. Based upon a national
needs assessment this training responds to expressed wishes and
desires of hospice family members and informal caregivers from
across the nation. Participants will be provided with the
skills and training materials needed to implement an effective
caregiver training program in their community. This program
won the 2003 National Council of Hospice & Palliative
Professionals Award of Excellence for Public Education Program for
Patients and Families, the 2003 Excellence in Research Award from
The Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Studies and
recognized for Innovation and Quality in Healthcare and Aging,
2005, American Society on Aging.
Trainings - Pre/Post Conference; One Day
Trainings
- Documenting Quality Hospice Care and Assuring
Compliance (7 hour training)Continued scrutiny
demands we provide effective documentation that reflects the value
and need for hospice services. This program presents the
Hospice Interdisciplinary care process through a critical thinking
framework as a basis of care. This workshop is intended to help the
participant in "painting the picture" of the patient and family at
the end of life, while representing the patient and family's
experience while receiving hospice services.
- Volunteer Program Development: Creating an
Evnironment that Attracts and Retains Hospice Volunteers (7 hours
or program can be broken down into smaller
components)Volunteers are the heart of hospice, giving
unselfishly of their time to patients, families and the hospice
organization. Volunteers are one of the features of hospice
which differentiate our services from all other healthcare
organizations. They give tremendous value to hospice and are
as important to the hospice organization as other services, yet
often volunteer services receive less attention than they
deserve. This program focuses on giving the volunteer manager
the tools to recruit, train and retain volunteers and develop new
volunteer opportunities within the organization.
- Leadership Training (Various topics and teaching
times)
Leadership training is an integral step in developing the
roles of employees and providing them the tools to function in any
capacity within the organization. Leaders exist at all levels
in an organization. A quality organization recognizes this
and embraces the opportunity to provide their employees with skills
to equip them to excel in their role within the organization.
Below is a selection of suggested topics available:
- Vision, Mission & Values: Establishing Your
Organization's Culture (6-7 hours)
- Language Which Defines or Influences Your Organization's
Culture (2-3 hours)
- Change Management (2 hours)
- Leadership Styles (2 hours)
- Time Management & Prioritizing (1-2 hours)
- Feedback, Coaching and Counseling (3 hours)
- Critical Thinking (2 hours)
- Selection, Development and Retention (7 hours)
- End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)
(Various modules)
Funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
the American Association of Colleges of Nursing joined forces with
the City of Hope National Medical Center to propose a national
effort to correct the deficiencies found in nursing education
addressing peaceful end-of-life care. The ELNEC curriculum contains
nine modules addressing critical aspects of end-of-life care.
- Nursing Care at the End of Life
- Pain Management
- Symptom Management
- Ethical/Legal Issues
- Cultural Consideration in End-of-Life Care
- Communication
- Grief, Loss, Bereavement
- Achieving Quality Care at the End of Life
- Preparation and Care for the Time of Death
Call us today at
877-523-4144 or Contact Us for more
information.