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Comfort starts with care that listens. Effective hospice pain management and symptom management are essential to providing compassionate, patient-centered end-of-life care. This webinar explores evidence-based approaches to pain assessment, symptom control, interdisciplinary collaboration, and clinical decision-making to improve comfort and quality of life for hospice patients.

KEY WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS
Tools to help assess patients’ pain levels
Pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions
Different levels of pain and appropriate interventions
Educating patient, family, and caregivers

BONUS MATERIALS
Useful website links

WEBINAR DETAILS
Managing pain and other distressing symptoms is one of the primary goals of hospice care. By improving pain assessment, symptom recognition, and individualized care planning, hospice professionals can enhance patient comfort, support families, and deliver high-quality end-of-life care while meeting clinical best practices.

Pain and symptom management is an interdisciplinary approach used in palliative care and hospice to relieve suffering, reduce illness burden, and improve overall quality of life. It integrates medication and supportive therapies to address physical, emotional, and spiritual distress and should be addressed on every plan of care. One of the biggest concerns of people dying on hospice is the fear of pain and suffering and CMS continues to add quality measures to HQRP, including pain screening and assessment.

In this presentation, we will dive into how to assess for pain and other symptoms, as they impact multiple patient activities and quality of life. How to evaluate, intervene, educate, document, and manage pain and symptoms through a variety of interventions will be presented. It is critical that we continue to educate our staff on pain and symptom management, including the importance of updating plans of care to meet the changing needs of patients and goals of care.

BEST PRACTICES FOR HOSPICE PAIN & SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
High-quality hospice pain management begins with thorough patient assessments, interdisciplinary collaboration, and ongoing communication with patients and families. By recognizing changing symptoms early and developing individualized treatment plans, hospice teams can improve comfort, support patient goals, and enhance overall quality of life.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
Hospice
Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Medical directors, hospice team physicians
Directors of patient care, clinical supervisors
Case managers and all field staff
Core hospice and palliative care team members

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
Employee training log
Interactive quiz
PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits

NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other institutions or those not employed by your institution is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.
Presented By Kathy Ahearn, ALECC, Inc.

The OHPCA partners with HOSPICE & HOME CARE WEBINAR NETWORK providing educational offerings at a discount to OHPCA members. To learn more about accessing these webinars, please visit the HOSPICE & HOME CARE WEBINAR NETWORK FAQ PAGE: Webinar Support | Hospice Agency Webinar | HHWN