Sixth Annual Wider Horizons Forum:
Pain Management at the End of Life

Wednesday April 5, 2006
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

WHYY Wider Horizons and its Caring Community coalition hosted an all-day forum for professionals and community members on pain management at the end of life. Topics include the spiritual and psychic dimensions of suffering and clinical and alternative approaches to managing pain.

In the afternoon, WHYY was a downlink site for the Hospice Foundation of America's Thirteenth Annual Live-Via-Satellite Teleconference, which will present Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Practice.(CE credits available see below).

Co-sponsored by NASW, Pennsylvania Chapter, Philadelphia Division and Bayhealth Medical Center.

AGENDA

Morning Session, 8:30am - 12:45pm

Moderator: Terri Maxwell, RN, PhDc, Director of Research, excelleRx

Presentations:

Suffering and Soul Pain
Helen Black PhD,
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health, College of Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University and author of the new book, Soul pain: The meaning of suffering in later life.

Clinical Management of Pain
Rosemary Polomano RN, PhD, Associate Professor of Pain Practice at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and a Clinician Educator at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Polomano has extensive clinical experience in management of both acute and chronic pain and lectures throughout the country on these topics.

Panel Discussion: Alternative Approaches to Pain Management

Chair: Gail Inderweis RN BSN MBA, Founder and Executive Director of Keystone Hospice

Panelists:

Elizabeth Bradley, APRN, BC, CCNS, CCRN,Clinical Nurse Specialist,Christiana Care Health System with a specialty is hypnosis and guided imagery.

Niki Dienstman, CMT, Supervisor of Complementary Therapies, Samaritan Hospice, and a certified massage therapist who supervises massage, music, art and pet therapies.

Paul Nolan, MCAT, MT-BC, LCP Music Therapist and Director, Music Therapy Education, Hahnemann Creative Arts in Therapy Program, Drexel University.

Activity Breaks:

Susan Budenstein MA, Principal, Healthy Living

Laura Thomae MT-BC , Music and Movement Therapist, Keystone Hospice

Lunch, 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Conversations with speakers and panelists for the online audience.

Afternoon Session, 1:30pm - 4:00pm

Hospice Foundation of America Thirteenth Annual Live-Via-Satellite Teleconference Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Practice
An expert panel will identify barriers to effective pain control, discuss ethical issues such as terminal sedation, current and prospective ways to assess and manage pain and the role of professionals in managing pain.

Moderator: Frank Sesno, Professor of Public Policy and Communication at George Mason University and Special Correspondent with CNN

Panelists include:

Yvette Coln, MSW, ACSW, BCD, American Pain Foundation

Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, Mdiv, College of New Rochelle

W. A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma

Kathleen M. Foley, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Kelli Gershon, RN, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

William M. Lamers, Jr., MD, Hospice Foundation of America

Brad Stuart, MD, Sutter VNA and Hospice

Douglas J. Weschules, PharmD, BCPS, excelleRx, Inc.

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Facilitated discussion at WHYY moderated by Terri Maxwell. (Required for CE Credit)

EARN CE CREDITS

Continuing education contact hours for the morning session were available for social workers and nurses:

This workshop was co-sponsored by NASW-PA Chapter, Philadelphia Division for 3 CE credits for social workers. NASW has been designated as a pre-approved provider of professional continuing education for social workers (Section 47.36) by the PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.

Bayhealth Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Delaware Nurses Association (DNA), an accredited approver by the American NursesCredentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The provision of continuing education credit by Bayhealth Medical Center, ANCC Commission of Accreditation and DNA does not imply approval or endorsement of any commercial products that may have been used in this presentation.

Continuing education credits (three contact hours) for the afternoon Hospice Foundation of America Live-Via-Satellite Teleconference were available by boards in most states for nurses, counselors, social workers, nursing home administrators, funeral directors, clergy, emergency services personnel, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and employee assistance professionals. This year, participants completed an online application for continuing education credit after the Forum. Instructions were distributed at the Forum.

Location:

WHYY Technology Center
150 North Sixth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone 215-351-0511

Or Join the Webcast
See the online archive of the live Webcast of the all-day Forum. Many organizations and comunity sites hosted gatherings for the Webcast. Continuing education credits for the webcast of the morning session were available to attendees at moderated sites in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Directions:

WHYY is located on 6th Street between Arch and Race Streets. From I-95 north take exit for Independence Mall/Callowhill Street, turn left on 6th Street and stay to the right. From the Vine Street Expressway take exit for the Ben Franklin Bridge and bear right down 6th Street. Parking can be found nearby under Independence Mall or around the block on Arch Street. Come to WHYY's entrance on 6th Street.