North Carolina Serious Illness Coalition

Friday Facts: Dr. Cassandra Germain
2023-07-28 08:30 - 09:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event, United States
Dr. Cassandra Germain joins Friday Facts to share more of her work.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), bi-weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics through discussions with relevant guest speakers.

NCSI Coalition Monthly Meeting
2023-07-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-06-16 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-05-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-04-21 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-03-17 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-02-17 11:00 - 13:00, 2023-01-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-12-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event, United States
See member only Work Group page for meeting details. To attend, join through Zoom here.

Friday Facts: Connie Bonebrake
2023-07-14 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States
Connie Bonebrake joins Friday Facts to share more of her work.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), bi-weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics through discussions with relevant guest speakers.

Friday Facts: Venitra White-Dean
2023-06-23 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States
Venitra White-Dean, CDP joins Friday Facts to share more of her work.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), bi-weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics through discussions with relevant guest speakers.

Friday Facts: Steven Nordstrom
2023-06-09 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States
Steven Nordstrom joins Friday Facts to share more of his work.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), bi-weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics through discussions with relevant guest speakers.

Friday Facts: Dr. Althea Taylor Jones
2023-05-26 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States
Dr. Althea Taylor Jones joins Friday Facts to discuss Senior Tar Heels, and more.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), bi-weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics and features different guest speakers.
Although our work as a Coalition can be formal with legislators, webinars, policy changes, and education, our work is also about changing the culture of Serious Illness Care.
Rich sharing, building community, and creativity comes from these informal conversations that impact more than information, but also our vulnerabilities as human beings.
Friday Facts is much about how we relate to one another, how we operate in our professions, and helps us strengthen resilience in the work that we do.
**Friday facts occur every Friday except on Holidays and the 3rd Friday of each month**

Friday Facts: Nora Spencer
2023-05-12 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States

NC Caregiving Policy Summit
2023-05-10 08:00 - 2023-05-11 17:00
The culmination of a year long project that was working towards Changing the Caregiver Conversation.
Register here.

Friday Facts: Wilma Rice
2023-04-28 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States
Wilma Rice joins Friday Facts to share more of her work.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), bi-weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics through discussions with relevant guest speakers.

Friday Facts: Marisette Hasan
2023-04-14 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States
Marisette Hasan joins Friday Facts to share more of her work.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), bi-weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics through discussions with relevant guest speakers.

Friday Facts: Jonathan Williams
2023-03-10 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States

Friday Facts: Nicole Crews, NCCARE360
2023-02-24 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States

Friday Facts: Kevin Biese, Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine & Emergency Medicine
2023-02-10 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States

NCSI Coalition Monthly Meeting (December)
2022-12-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event, United States
See member only Work Group page for meeting details.

NCSI Coalition Monthly Meeting (November)
2022-11-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event, United States

Friday Facts: Tom Akins
2022-10-28 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States
Tom Akins shares about his work with Leading Age NC.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics and features different guest speakers each week.
Although our work as a Coalition can be formal with legislators, webinars, policy changes, and education, our work is also about changing the culture of Serious Illness Care.
Rich sharing, building community, and creativity comes from these informal conversations that impact more than information, but also our vulnerabilities as human beings.
Friday Facts is much about how we relate to one another, how we operate in our professions, and helps us strengthen resilience in the work that we do.
**Friday facts occur every Friday except on Holidays and the 3rd Friday of each month**

NCSI Coalition Monthly Meeting (October)
2022-10-21 11:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event, United States

Friday Facts: Alie Chandler
2022-10-14 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States
Alie Chandler shares about their work with Ossia Music Therapy.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics and features different guest speakers each week.
Although our work as a Coalition can be formal with legislators, webinars, policy changes, and education, our work is also about changing the culture of Serious Illness Care.
Rich sharing, building community, and creativity comes from these informal conversations that impact more than information, but also our vulnerabilities as human beings.
Friday Facts is much about how we relate to one another, how we operate in our professions, and helps us strengthen resilience in the work that we do.
**Friday facts occur every Friday except on Holidays and the 3rd Friday of each month**

Friday Facts: DeLon Canterbury
2022-09-23 08:30 - 09:00 | Virtual Event, United States
DeLon is a Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist. He is the Founder, President, and CEO of GeriatRx, a telehealth-based senior care consulting company. GeriatRx combines Pharmacogenomic testing and Comprehensive Medication Management. He addresses the social determinants of health. He helps reduce medication errors and advocates for de-prescribing. Dr. DeLon helps improve patient safety and saves patients, their families, and the healthcare system money. He manages patients across the state of North Carolina and demonstrates the value pharmacists add to healthcare delivery. Dr. DeLon is an active Executive Board Member for the African-American Minority COVID Task Force in Durham, North Carolina, a Formulary Committee member of Senior PharmAssist at the Durham Senior Center for Life. He served as Community Health Coalition’s Telehealth Director, helping older African-American patients with wellness and reassurance check-ups during COVID.
Friday Facts is a short (8:30 – 9:00AM), weekly, news style “show” designed to provide you with the latest updates on a variety of topics and features different guest speakers each week.
Although our work as a Coalition can be formal with legislators, webinars, policy changes, and education, our work is also about changing the culture of Serious Illness Care.
Rich sharing, building community, and creativity comes from these informal conversations that impact more than information, but also our vulnerabilities as human beings.
Friday Facts is much about how we relate to one another, how we operate in our professions, and helps us strengthen resilience in the work that we do.
**Friday facts occur every Friday except on Holidays and the 3rd Friday of each month**

May NCSI Coalition Monthly Meeting
2021-05-21 10:00 - 13:00
See WG Page for Details

AARP NC Advocacy Forum Series: Aging Services Support for NC through Home and Community Based Support and Home Care
2021-05-07 10:30 - 11:00
AARP will hear from representatives of the NC Legislature and advocacy leaders to discuss the needs of the state’s growing aging population and how the state budget can best address those needs.

•Heather Burkhardt, executive director, NC Coalition on Aging
•Senator Jim Burgin, District 12
•Juan Jefferson, director of operations, Vance County Council on Aging

North Carolina Serious Illness Coalition Clinical Practice Forum #5: How We Care: Utilizing Advance Practice (RN/PA) Providers for Maximum Quality
2021-04-23 12:00 - 13:00
North Carolina Serious Illness Coalition Clinical Practice Forum #5:
How We Care: Utilizing Advance Practice (RN/PA) Providers for Maximum Quality
Date: April 23rd from 12-1pm
Clinical Practice Forums are held on the 4th Friday of the month
Panelists:
Rikki Nugent Hooper MBA MLAS MSN FNP-BC ACHPN
Chief Clinical Officer, Four Seasons
Rikki Hooper joined Four Seasons in 2004 as a palliative care nurse practitioner. She has served in various leadership roles, including palliative care director, regional manager, and regional director of palliative care. As a strong believer in quality care at the end of life, Ms. Hooper consistently advocates for her patients and families to achieve their goals. These experiences led her to accept the role of Chief Clinical officer for Four Seasons this year.
Harvey Nix, PA-C, MPAS
Director of Hospital Palliative Care, Four Seasons
Harvey joined the Four Seasons team in 2008 as a mid-level practitioner in the Palliative Care Group. Harvey is a Fellow member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and a member of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants. His personal experience- as a cancer survivor and his mother dying from ALS influenced his desire to seek a position to assist patients dealing with life-limiting illness.
Stephen Mantzouris MSN, FNP-C, RN, ACHPN
APP Clinical Supervisor, Transitions LifeCare
Stephen is a Board certified Family Nurse Practitioner and has Advance Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Certification. He is a Navy Veteran and was a Naval Nurse for many years. Stephen clinically supervises all Advanced Practice Providers for Transitions Life care- including Inpatient Palliative Care, Outpatient Palliative Care and Hospice. He is also directly involved in continued evaluation of all APP’s during the year to help ensure well trained and educated APP’s and helps provide direction of the Palliative Care program.
Moderator:
Katy Lanz, DNP, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN
Chief Clinical Officer, Aspire Health

Dr. Katy Lanz is an award-winning clinical expert in serious illness care, recognized nationally for designing and scaling clinical interventions in all care settings with all stakeholders. Currently, Dr. Lanz serves as the chief clinical officer of Aspire Health, the nation’s largest home-based palliative practice. She has 20 years of combined clinical experience and strategic operational leadership.

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AARP Save Act (Friday Fact Substitution)
2021-04-23 08:30 - 09:30
RALEIGH – In an effort to create better healthcare access while lowering costs, supporters of the bipartisan SAVE Act are holding a “Coffee Conversation,” at 8:30 am, on Friday, April 23 to discuss the benefits of the proposed legislation and answer questions. The conversation can be viewed live from 8:30 am until 9:00 am at www.facebook.com/AARPNC.

The SAVE Act, SB 249/HB 277, with over 100 bill co-sponsors, would cut outdated red tape for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) and bring North Carolina in line with long established national standards.
The primary objective of the SAVE Act is to modernize regulations and allow APRNs to work to the full extent of their training and education. The end result for patients will better care, faster access, and lower costs.

Moderated by Rose Hoban, editor of NC Health News, the Coffee Conversation will include:

Senator Joyce Krawiec
Representative Gale Adcock
Dr. Elizabeth Golding, Cone Health
Schquthia Peacock, Family Nurse Practitioner
Shirley Brown, patient
