Current Events

There is growing consensus that in order to achieve quality health care, we must improve functional health literacy. In other words, each of us needs to be educated in order to make informed health care decisions. From a patient perspective, there is a “need to know” information as well as a “need to do” something with information.

This section aims to include current events from across Upstate New York and beyond. If you wish to post events being held in your area, please contact us.

Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)

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    2008

    December

    Dec 4th                     The "MOLST Program:  A Community-wide Approach to Improving 
                                       End-of-Life": 
    is an all day conference encompassing the full scope 
                                       of the advance care planning process.  This conference is being
                                       lead by Dr. Patricia Bomba and hosted by the Lutheran Home  and  
                                       Rehabilitation Center and    Univera HealthCare in Jamestown NY
                                      > A link to soon be attached.     
                                       
    November

    Nov 12-13               Community Empowerment Conference - Statewide Symposium
                                      2008
    , Empowering Communities for Successful Aging:  Housing,
                                      Neighborhood Supports and Services, Saratoga, NY.  Please
                                      contact John Cochran at ,
                                      or by calling (518) 474-7012.

    Nov 11-18               Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education presents
                                      The Program in Palliative Care Education & Practice with a NEW 
                                      Pediatric Track to be held at Royal Sonesta Hotel, Boston, MA.
                                      For further information, contact Course Directors by sending an e-mail
                                      to .

    Nov 11                      MOLST Presentation: Annual Directors Social Work Conference:
                                 
          NYAHSA, Lake George, NY.

    Nov 10                     The "MOLST Program: A Community-wide Approach to Improving
                                      End-of-Life": 
    This conference is being lead by Dr. Patricia Bomba
                                     and hosted by Kaleida and Univera Healthcare.  The all day 
                                     conference encompassing the full scope of the advance care
                                     planning process >Brochure & Registration 

    October

    Oct 28                       The "MOLST Program: A Community-wide Approach to Improving
                                       End-of-Life":
     This conference is being lead by Dr. Patricia Bomba
                                      and hosted by the Southern Tier End-of-Life Coalition & Excellus
                                      BlueCross BlueShield.  The all day conference encompasses 
                                      the full scope of the advance care planning process 
                                      >"Save the Date" Flyer
                                      >Link for Brochure & Registration to be attached soon.

    Oct 24                      Advance Care Planning (ACP) / Community Conversations on 
                                      Compassionate Care (CCCC) Presentation is presented at
                                      t he Episcopal Diocese Convention, Rochester, NY.

    Oct 23-25                The State Society on Aging of New York (SSANY) 36th Annual
                                      Conference: 
    Please join your colleagues for this years meeting
                                      entitled, "The Road to the Future:  Health Aging & Mental Health". 
                                      The meeting is being held at the Gideon Putnam Hotel and
                                      Conference Center in Saratoga Springs, NY.  For further
                                      information contact, Janna Hayman at
                                      or (914) 367-3030.

    Oct 15 &16             Save the Dates: for Visiting Professor Presentations by Thomas E.
                                      Finucane, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine
                                      and Gerontology, John Hopkins School of Medicine.
                                      15th - "Tube Feeding in Severe Dementia"
                                      16th - "Shall We Stop Your Statin?  Facing An Uncertain But 
                                      Fatal Prognosis"  
    Medical Grand Rounds, Rochester General
                                      Hospital, Rochester, NY.  From 8:30 - 9:30 a.m., 
                                      Twig Auditorium.  For further information please contact,
                                      Carolyn Guerrera at, (585) 922-4894.

    Oct 17                      MOLST Medical Grand Rounds, Lunch and Learn,
                                     St. Joseph's, Elmira, NY.

    Oct 13                      Senior Presentation: "Aging & Alzheimer's Across the
                                      Health Illness Continuum.
      St. Louis Church, Pittsford,
                                      NY from 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.  For further information 
                                      contact, Father Kevin Murphy at (585) 586-5675.

    Oct 12-16               The American Association of Homes and Services for the
                                     Aging (AAHSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition:
    will provide more
                                     than 200 educational sessions addressing today's innovations
                                     and challenges.  For registration and further information >view.

    Oct 9                        MOLST for Patients & Families and Professionals:  One of the
                                     educational sessions on the MOLST Program will specifically 
                                     apply to patients and families.  The second to professionals.     
                                     Each will review the importants of the advance care planning
                                     process and how MOLST fits it.  Located at the Curtis Museum,
                                     Bath, NY.  A link to be attached with further information in the
                                     near future.  

    Oct 5-7                     2008 Distinctively Blue Conference: Located at the
                                      Sheraton Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL.

    Oct 1                        The Central New York Clinical Variations in End-of-Life Care:
                                      
    Hospice and Palliative Care Associates, Liverpool, NY.
                                  

    September

    Sept 24-25              Collaboration: A Shared Response to Protect Vulnerable Adults.  
                                      The 15th Annual New York State Adult Abuse Training Institute.
                                      Sponsored by The New York State Office of Children and 
                                      Family Services Bureau of Adult Services and supported by
                                      Bureau of Training.  Located at The Desmond Hotel &
                                      Conference Center, Albany, NY.

    Sept 19                    MOLST Medical Grand Rounds, Bassett Healthcare,
                                     Cooperstown, NY.

    Sept 18                    EXPLORE Pain Management Conference, Plattsburgh, NY.
                                      For registration and further information please >view.

    Sept 15                    "The Role of 'Family' in Advance Care Planning," presented by
                                       David J. Doukas, M.D. as part of the City-Wide Ethics/Palliative
                                       Grand Rounds program in Buffalo.  The conference will begin
                                       at 8:30am in the University of Buffalo South Campus HSL
                                       basement conference room.  Please contact Dr. Jack Freer
                                       at for further information and
                                       details.          

    Sept 15                     MOLST Presentation:  Dr. Patricia A. Bomba and
                                       Philip R. Fileri, Esq. will put on a program reviewing the
                                       medical objectives and legal aspects of the MOLST forms.       

    Sept 10                    The Rochester District of the New York Chapter American College
                                       of Physicians:  "The Patient Contered Medical Home -
                                       The Premise, Promise and Pitfalls".
      For further information
                                       please > view.  To register please >view

    Sept 9-10                 MOLST Presentation for Professionals, Lifetime Care
                                       Home Care and Hospice, Rochester, NY.       

    Sept 9-10                 The National Council of Physician & Pharmacist Executives:
                                       "MOLST & End-of-Life Presentation:
      Located at the
                                       Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown, Atlanta, GA.

    Sept 4-5                  The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) World Conference:
                                      "Shaping Tomorrow Today".
      For further information please
                                      >view.        

    Sept 4                      MOLST for Residents, AHEPA 67, Webster, NY.
                                                        
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