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Elder Abuse & Neglect: Training Information

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Being Mortal | PBS - Atul Gawande

How do you talk about death with a dying loved one? Dr. Atul Gawande explores death, dying and why even doctors struggle to discuss being mortal with patients, in this Emmy-nominated documentary. “Aging and dying — you can’t fix those," says Dr. Gawande. This film examines the relationships between doctors and patients nearing the end of life, and how the medical profession can better help people navigate mortality. The ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death but a good life — to the very end.

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The Longest Journey | Donna Coletti, MD, MS, FACOG | TEDxFairfieldUniversity

The Longest Journey: How Palliative Medicine Changed a Surgical Mind and Heart. A physician explores how her career, and perspective, has changed regarding the "Circle of Life" as her father ages. Dr. Coletti is the palliative care scholar-in-residence in the Kanarek Center for Palliative Care at Fairfield University’s Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing & Health Studies, and a palliative care consultant at Greenwich Hospital in the Yale New Haven Health System. She was the founding medical director for Palliative Care Services at Greenwich Hospital and a previous medical director for the Greenwich Hospital Home Hospice where she was responsible for creating and overseeing the inpatient and outpatient models for palliative and hospice services as well as the palliative educational curriculum for the medical residents and staff.

Validation, communication through Empathy | Naomi Feil | TEDxAmsterdamWomen

Inspired by her parent’s work with the elderly, Mrs Feil followed them in their footsteps. After graduating with a Masters degree in Social Work, the people she grew up with in Ohio became the people she worked both for and with. Creator of the Validation Theory / Author / Founder of the Validation Training Institute

How to Talk so Alzheimer’s Can Hear You | Kristin Belfy

Kristin shares with us the beautiful example of how to connect and communicate with a loved one who is living with Alzheimer’s.

Why Thinking About Death Helps You Live a Better Life | Alua Arthur | TedTalk

As a death doula, or someone who supports dying people and their loved ones, Alua Arthur spends a lot of time thinking about the end of life. In a profound talk that examines our brief, perfectly human time on this planet, she asks us to look at our lives through the lens of our deaths in seeking to answer the question: "What must I do to be at peace with myself so that I may live presently and die gracefully?"