Professional and Community
Program Development
Training
“Our lives are simple moments. The ordinary and extraordinary.”
Amy Lawlor Levine has been a leading voice in the field of aging, serious illness and end of life for the past 20 years. Creating innovative professional trainings and hospital programs that minimize the isolation and loneliness of serious illness. Her work has been recognized in the New York Times, Medscape and the HuffPost. She has provided guidance to multiple organizations internationally including UK Age, NHS and Canada’s CapitalCare.
Professional Training
Healthcare; Social Service; Chaplaincy
Offerings include: Stress Busters: On the Job Tools. Mindfulness For Difficult Conversations: As illness Progresses: Tools for Challenging Conversations; Loneliness: Connection and Belonging. Helping Strategies. Advance Care Planning Overview: Communication and Components. Companioning When Words Are Absent: Connection and Communication Strategies.
Customized programs available for the private sector community
Homecare Staff
Offerings include: Customized training & education for working with seriously ill clients.
Volunteer Programs & Training
Healthcare
Offerings include: Hospital Based Palliative Care Volunteer Program Design and Implementation; Hospice Compassionate Companion Volunteer Training; Volunteer Program Tune-Up & Consultation
Social Service Organizations
Offerings include: Volunteer Visitor Programs serving individuals experiencing aging, serious illness and end of life.
Faith Communities
Offerings include: Volunteer Visitor Programs serving individuals experiencing aging, serious illness and end of life.
Community Education
General Public; Faith Communities; Business / Private Sector.
Offerings include: Stress Busters: On the Job Tools; Mindfulness For Difficult Conversations: Find your style; Loneliness: How we can make a difference. Visiting at the End Of Life: What Do I Say?/What Can I Do?; Advance Care Planning Overview; Companioning When There are No Words:Increasing our comfort
Academic Seminars
Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Education on issues of aging, serious illness and end of life.
Individual & Family Consultation
Offerings include: Guidance provided on advance care planning decision making and services supporting individuals experiencing aging, serious illness and end of life.