PITTSFORD -- The Wilmot Cancer Institute's Sands Cancer Center -- located on the Thompson Health campus -- is partnering with UR Medicine Home Care to offer the second annual "Challenges in Healthcare: Tools for an Increasingly Complex Population" on from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28, at Burgundy Basin in Pittsford.
The overall purpose of the symposium is to enable participants to integrate care and communication strategies into everyday practice, to address the complex needs of patients. Community agencies and resources will also be present.
Topics include: Heroin - Its Impact on the Community, Communication at End of Life, Financial Exploitation of the Elderly, Motivational Interviewing, and Caregiver Self Care.
Although the symposium is open to all who are interested, an application for 6 social work continuing education hours will be submitted to the URMC Center for Experiential Learning, and an application for 6 nursing continuing education hours will be submitted to ONS.
The cost of $75 per person includes lunch and refreshments. Online payment and registration are due by Sept. 1, at ThompsonHealth.com/Tools.
Call (585) 396-6780 for more information.