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PLEASE JOIN US IN 2012 FOR THE EVENT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!
The Third International Symposium on Veterinary Hospice Care will be held at UC Davis on July 20-22, 2012!
Due to circumstances beyond its control, The Nikki Hospice Foundation for Pets was unable to hold the Third International Symposium on Veterinary Hospice Care in 2010, and although plans were initially pending to hold it in August 2011, The NHFP’s board of directors—after consulting with the CEVS Coordinator at UC Davis and AHVMA’s Executive Director—ultimately decided it would be in the best interests of the organizers and the participants if the event were re-scheduled for next year. Our new dates of July 20-22, 2012 have now been confirmed by CEVS, and The NHFP is officially announcing that its symposium will henceforth be held biennially on a regular basis. Starting in 2012, this new schedule will allow the planning committee to devote more time toward making this event the best it can be—by having more than one track, by attracting more attendees from abroad as well as from across the US, by identifying and inviting outstanding keynote speakers, and by selecting the foremost presenters in the field of animal hospice from a wide range of professionals and practitioners. It is our hope that the TISVHC of 2012 will mark the beginning of a new era as we move forward toward improving, refining and re-inventing what has become a vital landmark feature of our organization.
The Nikki Hospice Foundation for Pets, under the auspices of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association (www.ahvma.org), is the proud organizer of the Third International Symposium on Veterinary Hospice Care, to be held at the University of California at Davis, on July 20-22, 2012, at Wellman Hall. This long-awaited event is highly recommended for veterinarians, holistic veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary students, veterinary assistants, clinical practice managers, hospice professionals, hospice program managers, hospice volunteers, nursing personnel, medical staff, professionals in complementary and alternative medicine, psychologists, grief counselors, social workers, mental health professionals, bereavement facilitators, hospice volunteers, animal health care practitioners, shelter and SPCA staff, animal welfare workers, animal communicators, pet massage therapists, pet-sitters, animal chaplains, funeral directors and others in related fields, as well as the general public. CEUs will be offered to DVMs and VTs as well as to MSWs, LCSWs and MFTs. Please join world-renowned practitioners of veterinary hospice care, human hospice professionals, and other well-known experts as they come together to discuss a fascinating and emerging field that is quietly revolutionizing both human hospice care and veterinary medicine. Preliminary information on invited speakers and topics should be available on the UC Davis conference website by February 2012, when it is expected to go live and conference registration officially opens. At that time, participants will be able to access the site URL itself through this page or through the “Training Seminars and Events” page. The final program should be in place by March 2012. For more information, please call (707) 557-8595 or email us at info@pethospice.org. We look forward to seeing you—or seeing you again—in July 2012!
Symposium Overview
This symposium will explore the many aspects of veterinary hospice care, based on human hospice models, which addresses the needs of people who wish to care for their dying animals in the comfort of their own homes—under the guidance and assistance of veterinarians and a professional, qualified staff. By training caregivers to provide comforting palliation for their pets and by offering extensive support services as well as effective pain management when it is needed, veterinary hospice gives dying animals and their people the opportunity to spend meaningful, quality time together before the pet’s begins its final journey. By compassionately closing the “circle of care,” veterinary hospice honors the human-animal bond, never losing sight of either the companion animal or its caregiver in the total equation—and ultimately serving both in the best possible manner.
Symposium Highlights:
• The bond between human hospice and veterinary hospice • Hospice-assisted natural death and palliative care preceding euthanasia • Alleviating pain and discomfort in veterinary hospice care • Why QoL scales do not always work in veterinary hospice care • Case studies in veterinary hospice care • Forming the veterinary hospice team • Understanding “companioning” and the dying process in animal hospice • The converging of Western and Eastern modalities in veterinary hospice care • New roles on the horizon for veterinary hospice care providers • Meeting new challenges for animal sanctuaries and pet hospices • The future of specialized training in veterinary hospice care
CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW CLOSED
The Nikki
Hospice Foundation for Pets has now
closed its formal “call for proposals” for the Third
International Symposium on Veterinary Hospice Care, to be held at UC
Davis on July 20-22, 2012. However, since the TISVHC
Planning Committee is in need of more time in order to thoroughly
examine all the proposals it has received, presenters will now be
notified of the status of
their submissions (regardless of acceptance) by DECEMBER 15, 2011.
THANK YOU, WENDY P. McCAW FOUNDATION, FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!
At the end of 2009, The Nikki Hospice Foundation for Pets received a $10,000 grant from the Wendy P. McCaw Foundation, for the express purpose of helping the organization perform activities conducive to the achievement of its mission statement. Although only a small portion of these funds were used in 2010, The NHFP is now pleased to announce that almost all of the remaining monies will be used to cover expenses for the Third International Symposium on Veterinary Hospice Care. The grant was made possible through the kind efforts of Bunny Morrow, Administrative Assistant for Spirits in Transition, who lobbied tirelessly on behalf of The NHFP (as a volunteer member of our Planning Committee) in her quest for donors and sponsors during our 2009 Second International Symposium on Veterinary Hospice Care. We wish to express our deep gratitude to the Wendy P. McCaw Foundation for its generosity and for making our 2012 event possible.
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