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Community Engagement: The Missing Piece In The Palliative Care Puzzle, Marie Eaton

Palliative Care Institute

Community Engagement: The Missing Piece in the Palliative Care Puzzle, is a presentation at the Washington End-of-Life Coalition Annual Meeting by Marie Eaton, Community Champion, Palliative Care Institute, Woodring College of Education, Western Washington University and Chair of the Northwest Life Passages Coalition.

Pills, Needles, Support: Spiritual Care Can Improve Communication, And Compassion In The Healthcare Industry, Emily Schneider

Palliative Care Institute

A comprehensive literature review that looks at what spiritual care is, why it is important to healthcare, and how it can be implemented in the health care industry.

Family Experiences Related To Early Hearing Intervention Guidelines In Washington State, Rachel Tennant, Douglas P. Sladen

Scholars Week

Undiagnosed hearing loss can have an especially devastating effect on young children. Without proper assessment, a child may have limited access to language and auditory input, and their speech and language skills may be negatively impacted. Research has shown that early intervention is related to positive developmental outcomes in children with hearing loss. Therefore, it is beneficial for these children and their families to receive support as early as possible. The present study has two main goals. Firstly, this study seeks to examine the implementation of three major national goals of early hearing intervention in Washington State, focusing primarily on …

Having Healing Conversations, Lucille Marchand Md, Bsn, Faahpm

Palliative Care Institute

How do we have conversations about pain that are in and of themselves healing? Often, clinicians dread having conversations about pain. This session will introduce a map of how to have healing conversations about this challenging topic. Empathy and responding to emotion are key in healing conversations.

Finding Peace In Every Moment: The Power Of Mindfulness In Relieving Pain And Anxiety, Erica Rayner-Horn L.M.H.C.

Palliative Care Institute

We have a wealth of healing potential within us that often goes untapped as we seek outside relief from both physical pain and emotional distress. Research shows the extensive health benefits of practicing mindfulness: from boosting immunity and lowering blood pressure, to alleviating pain, reducing depression and calming anxiety. This session will explore mindfulness, how to practice it, and invite participants to practice mindfulness in simple exercises. We will discover how slowing down and living with deeper awareness of each moment helps transform reactivity and stress into moments of relaxation, ease, and peacefulness---even while facing serious illness.

Cancer At The Dinner Table: Experiences Of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy For The Treatment Of Cancer-Related Psychological Distress, Thomas Cody Swift

Palliative Care Institute

Recent clinical trials have shown promising results in the use of psilocybin and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to alleviate end-of-life anxiety in those life-threatening illnesses or experiencing end-of-life anxiety. This session will share some of those results.

Below are links to the qualitative paper shared at the conference, as well as two short videos of the clinical trial participants:

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022167817715966

https://vimeo.com/122267529

https://vimeo.com/122278721

Non-Pharmacological Pain Strategies And Telehealth Delivery, Ardith Z. Doorenbos Phd, Rn, Faan

Palliative Care Institute

Telehealth is a rapidly growing field aimed at improving outcomes for people with chronic pain who may not be able to access specialty care. Dr. Doorenbos will explore the use of Telehealth and how to incorporate integrative therapies and innovative, cost-effective interventions that decrease chronic and palliative pain and can be widely used to improve quality of life.

Complex Palliative Care Pain Management Requires An Integrative Approach, Lucille Marchand Md, Bsn, Faahpm

Palliative Care Institute

Pain is complex, and to address pain well, it requires us to appreciate the multiple factors that create pain in a person. The complexity of pain requires more than the conventional approaches usually used to treat pain. Integrative, healing modalities are needed to address pain comprehensively and effectively with a minimum of adverse effects.

The Opioids: Why Do We Need Alternatives, Marie Eaton

Palliative Care Institute

Data on current landscape of pain management.

Program - 2018 Palliative Care Institute Conference: Holistic Pain Management: Alternatives To The Opioids, Palliative Care Institute

Palliative Care Institute

No abstract provided.

Welcome To The 2018 Palliative Care Institute Spring Conference, Marie Eaton

Palliative Care Institute

No abstract provided.

Structure Determination Of A Bioengineered Human/Porcine Factor Viii For Hemophilia A Treatment, And Improvements To The Human Factor Viii Model, Ian Smith

Graduate Student Symposium

Blood coagulation factor VIII (FVIII), is a non-enzymatic cofactor which plays a crucial role in the formation of a stable blood clot. Absence or deficiency of FVIII results in the blood disorder hemophilia A; with symptoms including internal hemorrhaging and the inability to stop bleeding from open wounds. Treatment of hemophilia A relies on infusions of blood, plasma, or protein concentrates to replace FVIII. Unfortunately, approximately 30% of patients receiving replacement FVIII generate pathologic anti-FVIII inhibitory antibodies, which both reduce the effectiveness of the FVIII therapeutic and increase the severity of hemophilia A symptoms.

We have determined the molecular structure …