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2012 Seasons of Life Soiree-Save the Date May 5th

register online at: http://www.seasonsoflife2012.com/

FOUR SEASONS’ PHYSICIAN RECIPIENT OF THE CUNNIFF-DIXON HASTINGS AWARD - IN THE AREA OF SENIOR SERVICES

Janet Bull, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Four Seasons, was recently awarded the Cunniff-Dixon Hastings award in the area of Senior Services.


The aim of The Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards is to foster those skills and virtues by providing financial prizes to those physicians, young and old, who have shown their care of patients to be exemplary, a model of good medicine for other physicians, and a great benefit in advancing the centrality of end-of-life care as a basic part of the doctor-patient relationship.

Four Seasons is one of the most respected end-of-life care specialists in the country, serving Henderson, Buncombe, Macon, Jackson and Transylvania Counties. Four Seasons focuses exclusively on serving people who are facing a serious life-limiting illness through their last few years and months.

2011 Tree of Lights

Purchase Lights & Luminaries at http://www.treeoflights.com/



Four Seasons Offers Free ‘Grief through the Holidays’ Workshops

Four Seasons will offer four free ‘Grief through the Holidays’ workshops entitled: The Uninvited Guest – Grief at the Holidays.


The workshops include both discussion and activities for participants of all ages. Participants will discover how to bring new meaning to holiday traditions with the absence of a loved one. The groups will share ideas for addressing family expectations and providing self-care while attending to mourning. Participants will create a holiday memory box during the second half of the workshop. The dates, times and locations for the workshops are listed below:

Four Seasons Administrative Building, 571 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC on Thursday, November 17th from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Four Seasons Checkpoint Office, 1550 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC on Saturday, November 19th from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Four Seasons WNC Office, Jane Woodruff Medical Building, 171 Hospital Drive, JWB Suite 600, Highlands, NC on Wednesday, November 9th from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.

Four Seasons WNC Office, Jane Woodruff Medical Building, 171 Hospital Drive, JWB Suite 600,Highlands, NC on Wednesday, December 8th from 4:30 to 6:30 pm.

All workshops are free and open to the public. However, attendees are asked to register by calling 828-233-0307 or 866-466-9734 (toll-free).

FOUR SEASONS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL LEADER IN CLINICAL TRAINING

Four Seasons – Compassion for Life has been named by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) as one of 10 clinical training sites in the United States.

John Morris, MD, Four Seasons’ medical director of palliative medicine, said, “Our Palliative Care Immersion Course, which we offer to physicians, nurses and social workers from around the country, exists to help other organizations better serve patients with serious illnesses. I am pleased that we are being recognized as a national leader in palliative care education.”

Janet Bull, MD, chief medical officer said, “We designed the immersion course as an experiential learning course, offering 40 hours of Category I CME to providers. We also offer consulting services to hospice and palliative care organizations around hospice operations, palliative care program development, and starting a research department. We have learned so much over the years, and teaching others helps us to improve and grow. This translates to exceptional care for our own patients and families we serve.”
 Four Seasons’ Palliative Care Immersion Course includes training on the following topics: National Quality Forum, assessing whole person care, goals of care, complex case management, conducting effective family meetings, withdrawing life support, prognostication, basic and advanced pain management, advanced care planning, palliative care emergencies, dealing with drug addiction, chaplains’ role in spiritual care and administrative palliative care needs.

The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) partnered with the AAHPM to develop the Directory of National Clinical Palliative Site Visits in response to frequent requests for information regarding palliative care teams willing to host on-site clinical training.

Four Seasons is a non-profit organization led by a dedicated team of health care professionals, social workers, spiritual care professionals and volunteers. Four Seasons currently serves patients in Henderson, Buncombe, Macon, Jackson, Transylvania counties and surrounding areas. For information on the Palliative Care Immersion Course or other services of Four Seasons, please call 828-692-6178.



Tree of Lights-SAVE THE DATE!

• Friday December 2nd. at the Historic Henderson County Courthouse
• 5:00 p.m. refreshments, 6:00p.m. tree lighting 

Order Lights & Luminaries at:

www.treeoflights.com

for more information email: dgroves@fourseasonscfl.org