Trinity Christian College Plans End of Life Care Conference

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL -- Trinity Christian College is planning a professional development conference on Monday, April 16. The End of Life Care Conference gets underway runs from 2:30 to 8:45 p.m. The conference will be held on Trinity’s Palos Heights campus at 6601 W. College Dr.

The End of Life Care conference is designed to deepen the understanding of and responsibility for end of life care and, when possible, to think against the grain of contemporary customs. The conference will offer afternoon sessions sponsored by Trinity academic departments that look at end of life care through the disciplinary lenses of psychology, sociology, nursing, and theology. Various community institutions will also be represented.

The conference will highlight two evening keynote addresses by nationally recognized medical ethicists on end of life sedation: Farr A. Curlin, MD, the Josiah C. Trent Professor of Medical Humanities and Co-Director of the Theology, Medicine and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School; and Gilbert Meilaender, senior research professor at Valparaiso University and the Ramsey Fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture.

Continuing education credits will be offered for nursing, social work, and counseling psychology professionals. A light supper will be served between afternoon and evening sessions. There is a $40 fee for continuing education credits, otherwise the conference is free.

Trinity thanks End of Life Care Conference sponsors Providence Life Services and Palos Health for their generous support. To learn more about the conference and to register, visit Trinity's website.