Hospice, Death & Dying and Advanced Directives

Continuing Education at Akron Law

Hospice, Death & Dying and Advanced Directives
March 22, 2012
8 – 11:45 a.m.

Akron Bar Association

57 South Broadway, Akron, Ohio

The latest figures (2009) from the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization indicate that 1.5 million Americans received hospice services from over 5,000 hospice programs in the U.S. A total of 42 percent of all U.S. deaths in 2009 were under hospice care. Hospice Care and the related ethical and legal concerns of end-of-life Care are increasingly becoming an important topic for discussion as more than 78 million Americans will begin to turn 60 this decade.

Presented by Doug Cluxton, MA, LPC – Home Reach Hospice, Columbus, Ohio

Ethical Issues In Death And Dying

• Ethical Issues at End of Life
• Care and Comfort
• Justice in End-of-Life Care

Legal Issues In Death And Dying

• Decision Making and Communication
• Advance Care Planning
• Patient Self-Determination Act

Advance Directives and Medical Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment

• Advance Directives
• Living Wills
• MOLST

 

Cost:
Seeking LSW, LPC, LMFT, CFLE, CFCS Continuing Education Credits $75

Seeking Continuing Legal Education
(paid by 3/15/12)

• Akron Law Alumni or Akron Bar Association Member $105
• Non-Alumni/Non-Member $130
• Cost includes three hours CLE (including one hour of Ethics)

Presenter: Doug Cluxton, MA, LPC

Doug Cluxton, MA, LPC, is currently affiliated with HomeReach Hospice in Columbus, Ohio. He previously worked at the Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization where he was involved in education and professional development. He has more than twenty years' experience offering counseling in a variety of health care settings including 15 years in direct service to hospice patients and families. The specific focus of his work has been providing care, support, and education to persons who are facing serious, chronic, and/or life-limiting illnesses and to their families. He has presented educational workshops to healthcare professionals and consumers on local, state, and national levels. 

Doug graduated from the Ohio State University with a BA in Psychology in 1973. He completed a Masters degree in Counseling at Ashland Seminary in 1981, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor.  

 

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