The End of Life Series
Being a Compassionate Companion
Featuring speaker Frank Ostaseski
President and Director of The Metta Institute
December 11, 2006 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Registration & Continental Breakfast at 7:30am
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COURSE DESCRIPTION: Caring for people who are dying can be an intense, intimate, and deeply awakening experience. This workshop will present a mindful and compassionate approach for nurses and other caregivers to use as they address practical, emotional and spiritual issues, all of which are an inherent part of the care-giving relationship. Traditional Buddhist mindfulness practices will be introduced through exercises designed to explore impermanence and grief. Attendees will participate in group discussions, discovering their capacity for balance, empathy and fearless receptivity. Through this course, participants will develop the skillful means needed to accompany those facing death with openness and love. This workshop will be of interest to nurses, social workers and other health care professionals, as well as those who anticipate caring for loved ones facing lifethreatening illness.
VIRGINIA MASON IS HONORED TO WELCOME:
 Frank Ostaseski
President and Director, The Metta Institute, Sausalito, California
www.mettainstitute.org
In 1987, Frank Ostaseski helped form the Zen Hospice Project, the first Buddhist hospice in America. In 2004, he created The Metta Institute to broaden this work. Metta Institute is an educational organization that serves as a catalyst seeding the culture with innovative approaches to end-of-life care that reaffirm the spiritual dimensions of dying. A primary project of The Metta Institute is the End-of-Life Care Practitioner Program that Frank leads with faculty members Ram Dass, Rachel Naomi Remen MD and others.
Frank is a dynamic, original and visionary teacher. His public programs throughout the US and Europe have introduced thousands to the practices of mindful and compassionate care of the dying. His groundbreaking work has been widely featured in the media, including the Bill Moyers television series On Our Own Terms, The Oprah Winfrey Show and in numerous print publications. In addition to being a Buddhist teacher, Frank is a consultant to several healthcare organizations and has co-chaired the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Last Acts Spirituality Committee. In 2001, Frank was honored by the Dalai Lama for his years of compassionate service to the dying and their families. In 2003, he was named one of America’s 50 most innovative people by the AARP magazine.
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Gift Certificates: If you have a gift certificate, please include with the Mail Registration form.
Early Bird Discount: Register early. Ten dollars will be added to the registration fee 7 days prior to this event.
Refunds and/or Credits: We gladly accept requests for refunds or credits up to 7 days prior to this event.
VMMC Registration Cost Center Transfers: If you are a VM employee and wish to use a Cost Center Transfer, please call Barb Van Cislo to register: 206-341-0122
Registration by Mail: So that we can better process your registration, please have it post marked at least 7 days prior to this event.
AT THE END OF THIS COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Discuss the concept of “service”
- Examine the nature of a care-giving relationship
- Examine attitudes and behaviors that enhance
patient/caregiver communication
- Describe two spiritual practices to assist those
with chronic or life-threatening illness in discovering
meaning and releasing suffering
- Discuss the non-medical dimensions of dying
AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS:
7:30 Registration And Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome And Introduction
8:10 Exploring Our Intention In Service
~ Frank Ostaseski
9:10 Being A Compassionate Companion
10:10 Break
10:30 Being A Compassionate Companion (continued)
12:00 Lunch Break ~ Lunch is provided
1:00 Two Spiritual Practices For Everyone
2:00 Break
2:20 Dying Is More Than A Medical Event
3:20 Questions And Answers, Evaluation
3:30 Conclusion
ACCREDITATION:
Virginia Mason Medical Center Clinical Education Resources Department #PA-30-March/09 is an approved provider of continuing education by the Washington State Nurses’ Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Upon completion of this course, participants receive the following contact hours: 5.6. You must attend the entire event to receive full credit. No partial credit will be awarded.
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