Hospice Staff Support Groups

The Academy acknowledges the vital role hospice bedside clinical staff play in caring for patients considering aid in dying. We offer dedicated support groups tailored to your needs.

Support groups exclusively for hospice nurses, social workers, and spiritual care providers.

Online Zoom or Chat. Read the guidelines, fill out the form, and we will email you links, passcodes, and simple instructions!

introduction to our support groups, 2 min

Confidentiality

Do not share ANY patient information, including names, medical details, or identifying characteristics. Advice on specific cases will NOT be provided. (please consider contacting the Academy’s Clinicians Hotline for those questions).
Participants agree to speak ONLY for themselves. Please refrain from naming the agency you currently work for or any past agencies. This ensures that discussions stay personal and do not represent any organization.
What is shared in the group remains within the group. Participants must commit to not discussing other members’ stories, feelings, or disclosures outside of the group.

Focus on the topic of aid-in-dying care

We will discuss aid-in-dying care as it is practiced legally in the United States by clinicians working within those parameters with patients who are legally accessing it.
Keep the topic of conversation relevant to aid-in-dying care.
No political lobbying or advocacy, even if it relates to aid in dying care. The Academy is tightly focused on teaching clinical care; we do not lobby for laws in additional states nor changes to the existing laws. Many organizations do this, so please work with those organizations for your advocacy work.
No announcements, advertisements, or fundraising. If you have a course, conference, group, book, or organizational event to promote, contact AADM@AADM.org for permission. Our support groups must not become a forum of advertisements or unvetted programs, publications, fundraisers, or events.

Respectful Communication

Speak only for yourself.
Listen actively and without interruption.
Refrain from offering unsolicited advice or reassurance to allow participants to process in their own way.
Ask (politely and specifically) for whatever feedback you need; help others understand, and trust that you will be accountable for yourself.

Academy Facilitator Role

The facilitator will guide the discussion, not provide detailed medical advice, but may share general resources if requested.
The Academy staff reserves the right to reject participants from the group.

Online Chat Group Etiquette (in addition to the above)

Advance the conversation. Avoid redundancy when possible; look through the previous posts to see if your question has been addressed recently.

For a good introduction or review, please see our 64-minute overview:

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Name(Required)

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This group is designed to meet the unique needs of hospice clinical staff(Required)

Yes, I work for a hospice.

What is your role in your hospice?(Required)

What type of clinical license do you hold?(Required)

What state do you live in?(Required)

State / Province / Region

What are you hoping to gain from joining our group? What are your needs? Any worries?(Required)

Which support group would you like to join? (you may join both if you like!)(Required)

The monthly private zoom meeting (we will email you a link and password)

The online private chat group on Discord (we will email you simple instructions)

Please read guideline and rules carefully(Required)

I have read and will follow the group guideline and rules

your personal (not work) email address:(Required)

Zoom meeting: 1^st Monday of the month, 5-6:30 (PST): May 5, June 2, July 7th, August 4th

Online Chat: on Discord; we will send you simple instructions.