Volunteer Training Sessions -- Spring 2010
Become a hospice volunteer! Join us at one of our next volunteer training sessions!
One-day sessions:
Saturday, January 23rd, 8AM-5PM, Grace Epiphany Church, Gowen Avenue, Mt. Airy
Saturday, January 30th, 8AM-5PM, Grace Epiphany Church, Gowen Avenue, Mt. Airy
Three-day session:
Thursdays, March 11th, 18th, and 25th, 5PM-9PM, Wissahickon Hospice Office, Bala Cynwyd
Educational Opportunities: “Living with Dying”
Organized by Wissahickon Hospice, “Living with Dying” is a series of presentations by experts in the field of end-of-life care.
Wednesday, February 3rd, “Depression at the End-of-Life: Focusing on Non-pharmacological Management” -- presented by Melissa Livney, PsyD, Post Doctoral Researcher, Penn Memory Center and the Section of Geriatric Psychiatry
Wednesday, April 7th, “Spirituality and End-of-Life Care” -- presented by Chaplain John Ehman, MDiv, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Wednesday, June 2nd, “Evidence-based Interventions with Family Caregivers” -- presented by Zvi D. Gellis, Ph.D., Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar, Associate Professor and Director for the Center for Mental Health and Aging
All presentations will be held from 8AM to 9AM at Penn Home Care and Hospice Services:
150 Monument Road, Suite 300 Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Questions? Email us at UpennSHOOP[at]gmail.com