Film Explores End-of-Life Care – Free Screening of ???Being Mortal???
Community VNA is holding a free, community screening of the documentary ???Being Mortal??? on October 6 and 20 at 10 Emory St., Attleboro MA. Presentation times are: 2:30 – 4:30pm October 6 and 6 – 8pm October 20. After the screening, audience members can participate in a guided conversation on how to take concrete steps to identify and communicate wishes about end-of-life goals and preferences. At no extra cost, nurses and social workers earn one educational unit. A certificate of attendance is available for all others.
???Being Mortal??? delves into the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness. The film investigates the practice of caring for the dying and explores the relationships between patients and their doctors. It follows a surgeon, Dr. Atul Gawande, as he shares stories from the people and families he encounters. When Dr. Gawande???s own father gets cancer, his search for answers about how best to care for the dying becomes a personal quest. The film sheds light on how a medical system focused on a cure often leaves out the sensitive conversations that need to happen so a patient???s true wishes can be known and honored at the end.????
???Being Mortal??? underscores the importance of people planning ahead and talking with family members about end-of-life decisions. Seventy percent of Americans say they would prefer to die at home, but nearly 70 percent die in hospitals and institutions. Ninety percent of Americans know they should have conversations about end-of-life care, yet only 30 percent have done so.
In February 2015, ???Being Mortal??? aired nationally on the PBS program ???Frontline.??? For more information about the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/being-mortal/.
The film is adapted from Dr. Gawande???s 2014 nationally bestselling book of the same name. More information about the book is at
http://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/.
Preregistration is required; contact 774-203-1306 or
Application for social work continuing education credits is being submitted. Please contact Community VNA before the event for the status of social work CE accreditation.
Community VNA is partnering with Sturdy Memorial Hospital to present this program in Attleboro. This screening is made possible by a grant from The John and Wauna Harman Foundation in partnership with the Hospice Foundation of America.
The following information for professionals is provided by Sturdy Memorial Hospital:
Accreditation:?? Sturdy Memorial Hospital is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.?? Sturdy Memorial Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of ????1?? ??AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ???.?? Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.??
Disclosure:?? Disclosure information from faculty and all other persons in control of content will be provided to attendees prior to the beginning of the educational activity.?? Speaker and Planning Committee members have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.