TS25-152 Caregiving and Planning Ahead
Tulsa | Available (Membership Required)
This four-part series covers essential caregiving and planning topics. Navigating the Healthcare System provides insights into healthcare teams, effective communication, and self-advocacy. Caregiving Skills and Demonstration offers practical caregiving techniques, including emotional regulation, communication, and stress relief. We Should Talk emphasizes advance care planning with a dynamic presentation and healthcare toolkit review. Your Voice. Your Wishes. Your Advance Directive features a comprehensive video guide on the Oklahoma Advance Directive, helping participants understand the decision-making process with expert input from a Palliative Care Physician.
Dr. Jennifer Clark
Educated at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and trained at the Medical University of South Carolina and the Harvard fellowship in Palliative Care Education and Practice, Dr. Jennifer Clark has been in the world of healthcare for over 20 years. With Med-Peds training and board certification in the subspecialty of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Dr Clark is a physician and healthcare delivery consultant serving in various roles as a clinician-educator, -administrator, and -innovator at the local, national, and international levels. When not serving in her volunteer role at Clarehouse, Tulsa’s home for trying people, Dr. Clark teaches at The University of Tulsa and collaborates with various organizations dedicated to fostering innovative approaches to human flourishing. Recently, she has begun the process of writing a book on the power of suffering.
Kelley Scott
As a nurse, Kelley Scott has been caring for dying people for 38 years. Her experience includes inpatient oncology, bone marrow transplant, chronic ventilatory care, home hospice case management and serving as a palliative nurse consultant with an inpatient palliative care service. Kelley is the Founder and Executive Director of Clarehouse in Tulsa. Nationally, she serves as the President of Omega Home Network and provides consulting and mentoring to aspiring social model hospices. Kelley is a frequent speaker in end-of-life education and non-profit start-up and development.