Discover how to develop a tangible advance care planning product that helps you stand out from competitors. The program includes licensed decision aids, a client agenda, a tested workflow, and one-hour mentoring with the course creator.

Identifying the decline within the plateau (appears stable or otherwise slow decline): A detective-style approach to clinical assessment and documentation, aimed at preventing discharges due to failure to decline in genuinely eligible hospice patients.

New to running a death doula business? This introductory course covers the foundational basics you need to get started. Learn how to choose a business structure, introduce your services through basic marketing, calculate your starting hourly rate and simple packages, and track income and expenses using Excel. Includes beginner-friendly templates and handouts to help you take your first steps.

Good documentation protects your patients, your hospice team, and your professional record. This course covers HIPAA-compliant visit notes for both non-medical caregivers—companions, aides, and end-of-life doulas—and medical caregivers, including CNAs, PCAs, and RCAs. Learn what to write, what language to avoid, and how to accurately document each visit completely and honestly.

As a caregiver in home care, assisted living, nursing facilities, or end-of-life care, you spend more time with loved ones or clients than anyone else on the healthcare team. You're the first to notice changes and can help ensure they receive the right care at the right time. Today, you'll gain skills and confidence—not to become a nurse, but to be an effective advocate and observer.

Master CMS-compliant continuous care decisions fast. Learn when patients qualify, navigate staffing chains, document every hour for audit-proof billing, and prevent unnecessary hospitalizations. Become the clinical decision-maker your hospice team depends on.

Discover ways to support families and caregivers of loved ones with dementia through validation therapy, and find out when to suggest hospice care. These approaches can make a meaningful difference and provide comfort during challenging times.

This class helps make homes safer for people with dementia, whether recent diagnoses, mid-stage changes, or urgent modifications are needed. It offers clear, actionable steps. Dementia affects thinking, memory, perception, and interaction, impacting vision, hearing, balance, and hazard recognition. Homes require thoughtful adjustments to ensure safety, independence, and dignity.

Master hospice prognostication and end-of-life assessment in this evidence-based clinical guide. Learn the velocity-of-change framework to determine accurate timelines for terminally ill patients. Gain skills in functional decline assessment, structured patient interviews, physical exam techniques, and compassionate communication with families and interdisciplinary care teams.

As death doulas, you offer heartfelt support during life's most delicate moments. Learn how to honor the privacy and dignity of those we serve with compassionate and ethical practices.

Master ethical healthcare decision-making for nurses, death doulas, social workers, and caregivers. Learn when advance directives apply, navigate medical power of attorney decisions, recognize mandated reporting obligations, understand professional scope boundaries, and apply ethical reasoning to real conflicts involving patient autonomy, capacity, and end-of-life care.

Learn how to use your senses to sense when it's a good time to have a heartfelt talk with your family or the power of attorney about hospice care. We'll share helpful tips on communicating effectively and keeping good records to guide you through the process.

This comprehensive training equips hospice nurses with the clinical judgment, documentation strategies, and communication frameworks needed to appropriately recognize and manage the General Inpatient (GIP) level of care. Learn Medicare criteria, build compelling SBAR presentations, create audit-resistant documentation, and distinguish genuine symptom crises from social or placement issues.

Training that helps you understand the differences in hospice and palliative care, recognize when to consult your manager about referrals, identify common disease patterns and safety risks, know when to contact hospice immediately, document patient changes effectively, understand the stages of the dying process, provide confident and compassionate end-of-life care, and take care of your own grief and emotions.

Protect immunocompromised clients from preventable infections. This course teaches proper hand hygiene, PPE use, and universal precautions that safeguard vulnerable populations in homes and facilities. Gain confidence in recognizing situations requiring immediate medical help. Create your personalized infection control plan and provide care that truly protects every client you serve.

Discover best practices for death doula intake, including the initial free consultation, onsite or remote intake, critical safety assessments for onsite work, and guidelines for accepting or declining cases. Also, ensure a signed contract and deposit for approved cases.

This training focuses on managing combative patients with a calm, protective plan that protects everyone.

Discover what palliative care is and how it differs from hospice care, learn which conditions can benefit most from early palliative care, understand the meaningful impact it can have on patients and their families throughout their journey, and feel confident in discussing palliative care options with the families you support.

Death doulas face unique emotional challenges. Learn to set healthy boundaries without guilt, recognize warning signs of burnout before it's too late, and build self-care practices that actually work. Walk away with scripts for communicating limits, tools for managing anticipatory grief, and a personalized plan to sustain your vital work for years.

Discover signs that hospice may suit your clients. Navigate families' emotions compassionately during this transition. Help them with end-of-life decisions with care and understanding. Learn the logistics of hospice transition. Use gentle approaches if families hesitate. Coordinate care among teams while maintaining relationships.

Transform patient care with comprehensive trauma-informed training for nurses, social workers, nursing assistants, and support staff. Master SAMHSA's six principles through real-world scenarios—from de-escalating agitated patients to validating distress. Learn grounding techniques, avoid re-traumatization, prevent secondary stress, and shift from "difficult" to healing-centered care.

Death is a natural part of life, like birth and aging, but it often feels mysterious and frightening. Many avoid talking about it, missing chances to see natural dying within families. This class helps you learn about the dying process gently. Understanding it can reduce fear. It offers a safe space to know what to expect and how to support loved ones—and yourself—during this sacred time.

Discover why Naomi Feil developed validation therapy. Recognize emotional needs and underlying unmet needs behind confusing behaviors. Learn to apply validation techniques in daily situations. Understand when validation is effective and when to use alternatives. Build confidence by turning difficult moments into meaningful connections.

Learn to support people exploring VSED ethically. This class teaches hospice professionals, doulas, nurses, and caregivers the difference between compassion and overstepping your training. Discover why timeline promises fail, how to spot ethical traps, why advance planning is non-negotiable, and when to bring in experienced support to protect everyone involved.