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The Future of End-of-Life Care

October 22-23, 2002, Hyatt Regency, Wichita, KS

• Celebrating the Past
• Understanding the Present
• Planning for the Future

Conference Schedule (Day 1) (PDF file)

Conference Schedule (Day 2) (PDF file)

Keynote Speakers:

Dan Tobin, MD, Director, Center for Advanced Illness Coordinated Care Director, The Life Institute/VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York

Mary Labyak, MSSW/LCSW, Executive Director, The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast

Celebrating the Past

LIFE Project Partners are actively engaged in action to improve end-of-life care for all Kansans. This conference provides opportunity to recognize the impact of these efforts and to celebrate LIFE Project Partners' accomplishments that help Kansans live better as they near the end of life.

Understanding the Present

End-of-life care is improving. Health care professionals, citizens and the public policy arena are becoming increasingly aware of the needs and opportunities that we face as we near the end of life. This conference provides opportunity to reflect on our own actions and on strategic initiatives in which others are engaged.

Planning for the Future

LIFE Project Partners continue the work of helping Kansans live with dignity, comfort and peace at the end of life. The continuing evolution in understanding and addressing end-of-life issues impacts the changing arena of end-of-life care. During this conference, participants will consider the larger issues in end-of-life care, from a perspective that is informed by the past, learning from the present and planning for the future.

How we live at the end of life has, during the past decade, been the subject of increasing attention and importance. From a keen awareness of the need to improve end-of-life care, a plethora of activity, demonstration projects, initiatives and strategies have emerged all across the country. The LIFE Project has been actively engaged in addressing issues that impact quality care at the end of life. The conference will offer both a panoramic review of what we are learning, a glimpse of what might be ahead and will provide an atmosphere for ongoing communication and cooperation in Kansas via the LIFE Project.

There is still much work to be done so that all Kansans may live with dignity, comfort and peace at the end of life. This conference will offer time to access needs and resources, imagine solutions, and fuel meaningful action.

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Dan Tobin instructs participants on the importance of conversations at the end of life (10/23/02).

lHealthcare professionals, consumers, community and public policy leaders, 250 in all, attended the LIFE Project fall conference October 22-23, 2002, at the Wichita Hyatt.

Mary Labyak outlines the history of the end-of-life movement to those in attendance.

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