Supporting Meaningful End-of-Life Conversations in Senior Living Communities
LeadingAge Pennsylvania is happy to welcome LeadingAge MA provider members to register for this complimentary webinar.
Description:
End-of-life conversations are an essential, yet often overlooked, component of person-centered care in senior living communities. This session explores how structured, wellness-based discussions around death, loss, and life transitions can reduce resident anxiety, support emotional well-being, and strengthen trust with families.
Administrators will learn how Providence Point Lifecare Community integrated end-of-life conversations into its Wellness programming through facilitated discussions, education, and staff engagement. The session will cover practical implementation strategies, best practices for fostering a safe and respectful environment, and outcomes from the initial resident groups, including lessons learned and community feedback.
Designed for leaders seeking proactive, compassionate approaches to aging services, this webinar offers actionable insights that can be adapted across a variety of care settings to enhance quality of life, planning, and holistic resident support.
Target Audience:
All staff who support and create programs for residents interested in discussing various aspects of death, dying and end of life in a safe and open space for conversations which are often considered taboo.
Event Objectives:
- Explain the need for end-of-life conversations and demonstrate effective methods for implementing them.
- Apply best practices to meet the needs of their community and adapt the model for other settings.
- Evaluate outcomes and summarize anecdotal feedback from initial program experiences.
Bonnie Livingston, Wellness Coordinator, Providence Point
Bonnie Livingston has over 30 years’ experience as a Fitness and Wellness Manager, Wellness Coach, class instructor and personal trainer. Livingston recently earned her End of Life Doula Certificate from the University of Vermont and has been an Energy Healing and Spiritual Wellness Practitioner for over 25 years.
Fabiana Cheistwer, Wellness Director, Providence Point
Fabiana Cheistwer has spent the last thirty-seven years developing and facilitating Wellness and Preventive Health programs for all ages and populations. Cheistwer is a local and national spokesperson for Wellness and has been the Wellness Director at Baptist Senior Family/Providence Point for 16 years. She is an active member of the Fitness and Wellness Affinity Group at LeadingAge PA, the International Council on Active Aging, and the National Wellness Institute. Fabi holds over a dozen certifications and certificates in various Wellness dimensions.
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This program has been submitted but not yet approved for Continuing Education for 1.0 total participation hours by NAB/NCERS.
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To receive continuing education credit for LeadingAge PA-sponsored webinars, attendees must register under their name, participate through the link supplied after registering and complete the evaluation after the webinar.
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