SWHPN 2023 General Assembly

Tuesday Breakout Session Schedule*

Continuing Education Units: 5.5

*Sessions may change due to a variety of factors. All times will be confirmed in mid-April.


 

Session 6: 10:15 - 11:45
90-Minute Symposia

Room

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Session Name
Presenter
Track

1

The Long Goodbye:  Palliative Care and Alzheimer's and Related Dementias
Melissa Palmer, LCSW, ACHP- SW, APHSW-C,  JD;
Mary Gay Josephine Marangola, DO
Track: Caregiving; Geriatrics

2

Truly Interdisciplinary: A Social Work Led Approach to Medical Education
Lauren King, LMSW, APHSW-C, BCH;
Megan Lewandowski, LISW-CP, BCH;
Nancy Dominguez, LISW-CP, BCH
Track: Leadership / Administration

3

Mapping the Field of Outpatient Palliative Care Social Work: How do we do what
we do?

Jennifer DiBiase, LCSW-R, APHSW-C;
Shanae M. Bezusko, LICSW, APHSW-C, MSW, MNO;
Anne Front, LMFT, APHSW-C;
Elizabeth Bornstein, MSSA, LCSW, OSW-C, APHSW-C; 
Lori Eckel, LCSW, APHSW-C, HEC-C
Track: Innovations in HAPC

4

 

5

Family Meetings in the ICU: Causes and Responses to Conflict
Liz Griswold LCSW-C, APHSW-C;
Ambrym Smith LMSW;
Zoe Plaugher, LCSW-C
Track: Clinical Interventions

6

Increasing Palliative Support for Cancer Patients in Skilled Nursing Facility Rehab:
Examining the Results of an Innovative Pilot Study

Dana Lahoff, LCSW, APHSW-C;
Bree Owens, LCSW, APHSW-C

Track: Innovations in HAPC

7

Calling all practitioners! Demystifying the publication process
Ellen L. Csikai, LCSW, MPH, PhD;
Karen Bullock, PhD;
Vickie Leff ;
Quentin R. Maynard, LMSW, MSW, PHD
Track: Leadership

8

Decolonizing Palliative & Hospice Social Work Practice: Unpacking the legacy of
white supremacy and building new paradigms in education, clinical practice,
research and beyond

Autumn Blackdeer PhD, MSW;
Stephanie Broussard MSW, LCSW-S, APHSW-C;
Sharon K. Chung MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C;
Eunju Lee,  MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C;
Arika Patneaude, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
Track: Addressing anti-racism and equity


Session 7: 1:00 - 1:30
30-Minute Session

Room
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Session Name
Presenter
Track

1

TBD

2

Claims to be in pain: The medical record as a mechanism for transmitting bias
Terry Altilio, LCSW;
Anne Kelemen, LCSW-C
Track: SDOH

3

Hospice care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of an urban non-profit
agency

Matthew R. Morgan, LMSW
Track: Covid Interventions

4

Oh, if we listen, and listen well: How Social Workers can act as guides among
Legacy work at End of Life.

Lauren Geldon, MSW, LSW, ACHP-SW
Track: Grief & Bereavement

5

Integration of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Palliative Care
Jennifer Schutt, LICSW, APHSW-C, MSW
Track: Caregiving

6

Children with Developmental Disabilities and Grief:
What We Know and Where We Need to Go

Arlen G. Gaines, MSW, LCSW-C, APHSW-C
Track: Population-Specific (Pediatrics)

7

When Dying at Home Involves Crossing Borders: A Retrospective Review of
Outcomes at End of Life After Return to Country of Origin

Frances Eichholz Heller, LMSW ACHP-SW
Track: Policy & Advocacy; Innovation in HAPC

8

 Rockstar Collaboration – a Case Study Demonstrating Epic Interprofessional
Communication, Teamwork, and Problem-Solving Skills in PPC

Allie Shukraft, MSW, MAT, APHSW-C
Track: Clinical Interventions

 


 

Session 8: 1:45 - 2:15
30-Minute Session

Room

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Session Name
Presenter
Track

1

The Little Engine that Could- Advocacy in Action!
Sara Dado, LCSW;
Kristin James, LCPC
Track: Leadership; Policy & Advocacy

2

Serving Individuals with Intellectual Disability (ID) at End of Life
Julia Cluett, LICSW
Track: Population-Specific

3

A New Text-Based Approach to Delivering Quality Bereavement Care
Melissa Lunardini, MA,MBA,FT;
Deb Levesque, PhD
Track: Grief& Bereavement; Innovation in HAPC

4

Emerging Research at the Intersection of Homelessness & Serious Illness
Michael A. Light, LICSW, MSW, MPH, APHSW-C;
Ian M. Johnson, LCSW, PhD;
Abigail Latimer, PhD, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C;
Natalie D. Pope, PhD, MSW

Track: Innovation in HAPC

5

Interactions between Palliative Care Team Social Workers and Unit Social Workers
Kat Hurley, LCSW, APHSW-C;
Cathy Berkman, PhD, MSW
Track: Clinical Interventions

6

Serious Illness Conversation Guide Training: Can social workers lead this
education? Yes we can!

Stephanie DePiano, LCSW, APHSW-C
Track: Education

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Session 9: 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
30-Minutes Sessions

Room

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Session Name
Presenter
Track

1

It's More Than a Bereavement Referral! The transport of the actively dying critical
care patient to their home.

Shawn Brast, MSN, RN, CHPN, NRP;
Jennifer Milesky, DNP, RN, CCRN, CNE, NPD-BC
Track: Grief & Bereavement

2

Community-Based Palliative Care with Marginalized Populations: Helping Patients
Break Through Barriers and Bureaucracy

Miriam Siyam, LCSW;
Track: Addressing SDOH

3

Trauma-informed Social Work Practice in Home-based Palliative Care
Suzanne Rosenberg, LCSW;
Lisa Vitucci, LCSW-R
Track: Clinical Interventions

4

While There's Still Time: Facilitating Emotional Healing and Closure Among People
Living with Dementia

Kay Adams, LCSW
Track: Clinical Interventions

5

Enhance Your Toolkit: An Experiential Training to Build a Collection of Processing
Activities for Children & Teens

Stephanie Heitkemper, MA MFT, LPC, RPT, FT;
Heather LaBouy, PsyD
Track: Population-Specific (Pediatrics)

6

The 3 C's - Care, Collaboration, and Coordination: Personalized Care Social Work
Team Approach to Outpatient Palliative Care

Amy Salins-Myers, MSW, LICSW;
Nathalie Gauteron, MSW, LICSW
Track: Clinical Interventions

7

A Story of Innovation and Resilience: Selian Hospice and Palliative Care in Tanzania
Melissa Davis, LCSW, APHSW-C
Track: Innovation in HAPC

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