2023 Bluewater Palliative Care Retreat

Thank you to all our speakers and sponsors for making this event possible!

Speakers

  • Dr. Kathryn Mannix

  • Dr. Kyra Harris-Shultz

  • Dr. Leonie Herx

  • Dr. Teneille Gofton

  • Janet Elder

  • Jody Hall

  • Olga Nikolajev

  • Tracey Human

Program

September 28, 2023

9:00 – 9:25 AM

9:25 – 9:30 AM

9:30 – 10:30 AM

10:30 – 10:45 AM

10:45 – 11:45 AM

11:45 – 1:00 PM

1:00 – 2:00 PM

2:00 – 3:00 PM

3:00 – 5:15 PM

5:15 PM

Welcome

Centering Meditation

Dr. Leonie Herx: Moral Distress & Moral Courage in Palliative Care Practice

Break

Olga Nikolajev & Jodi Hall: Community Deathcare: Death Doula Approach to Care

Lunch

Janet Elder & Tracey Human: Palliative Care’s Role in Caring for People Living with IDD

Dr. Kathryn Mannix: With the End in Mind: How Do We Talk About Dying?

Break

Cocktails, Dinner & Entertainment

September 29, 2023

7:30 – 8:30 AM

9:00 AM

9:15 – 10:15 AM

10:15 – 10:30 AM

10:30 – 11:30 AM

11:30 – 12:30 PM

12:30 – 1:15 PM

1:15 – 2:15 PM

2:15 – 2:30 PM

2:30 – 3:30 PM

3:30 PM

Yoga Session

Welcome

Dr. Kathryn Mannix: Navigating Tender Conversations

Break

Dr. Kyra Harris-Shultz: Does Diagnosis Matter?

Dr. Ed Fitzgibbon: Methadone

Lunch

Dr. Teneille Gofton: Palliative Care in Atypical Parkinsonism & Multiple Sclerosis

Break

Dr. Ed Fitzgibbon: Ketamine

Closing Remarks

Thank you to our Speakers, Sponsors & Participants!