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Since health care staff may be faced with patient requests for information and support in their pursuit of Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED), many organizations are developing education, policies, and information for their staff and volunteers. Ethical differences exist not only with staff but possibly with family members. Some may view a plan to intentionally hasten dying by fasting as an act of suicide that should be discouraged; others may regard VSED as an ethically appropriate decision to forego undesirable life-prolonging measures.
Terminally ill patients may grow weary of the symptoms of an advanced disease for which they explore ways in which their death could come sooner. VSED is not to be confused with the natural progression of an advanced illness that occurs as part of the dying process. This session will explore ethical decision-making frameworks and the potential for ethical conflicts in the request for VSED.
Lores J. Vlaminck, MA, BSN, RN, CHPN, LALD
Principal, Lores Consulting, LLC
Lores Consulting, LLC has been a leading provider of consulting, training, and mentoring for hospice, assisted living, home care and related health care providers for the past 17 years. "Lores has the heart of a teacher, and her passion is to support others in the hospice, palliative, and the home care industry."
Lores Consulting, LLC provides providers with education training and mentoring as well as mock surveys, agency analysis and audits. Drawing on her 45 years of nursing experience, Lores seeks to empower all her client providers to utilize their skills and expertise to reach their greatest potential. Her extensive nursing background includes clinical practice in cardiac and intensive care, outpatient clinic services, as well as serving as a home care and hospice administrator/director for 19 years in greater Minnesota.
In addition to being a certified hospice and palliative care nurse, Lores is also a trainer for the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) curriculum that encompasses palliative and hospice care. She was named the "2010 Geriatric ELNEC Educator of the Year" by ELNEC.
Speaking topics include end-of-life care, grief and loss, compassion fatigue, professional boundaries, pain and symptom management, and many health and employee related topics. Lores also offers national, international consulting and mentoring services – encompassing education, training and compliance evaluations – to hospice and home care agencies, assisted living providers, and long-term care facilities.
As Principal of Lores Consulting, LLC, Lores sees her company’s mission to coach and encourage care providers to work to the ‘top of their license’ to ensure excellence in their delivery of care.
Currently, Lores serves as a board member of three non-profit health care organizations, and is a national speaker for PESI Healthcare and ELNEC. Lores is a graduate of Bethel University in St Paul, MN and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, as well as a master’s degree in nursing education.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lores Vlaminck receives compensation as an independent consultant, coach, and educator. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lores Vlaminck is a member of the American Association of Palliative Medicine, the Minnesota Network for Hospice and Palliative Care, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association.
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