Community education

Hosparus, through its Hosparus Education and Volunteer Center, offers a speakers bureau for community education.

Speakers bureau. Our speakers bureau sends informed Hosparus speakers to civic organizations, faith communities and health care organizations. Topics include:

What is hospice care?
When is it time for hospice?
Basics of pain management.
Advance directives.
Caregiver support.
Dealing with loss and grief.
The faces of Alzheimer's and dementia.
Cultural diversity and end-of-life care.
Questions about artificial nutrition and hydration at the end of life.
Communicating with the person who has Alzheimer's.
End-of-life needs related to specific diseases.

For more information, contact the speakers bureau by email or call us at (502) 719-8910.

Would you like a speaker for your group? For a speaker to come to your group, contact the person in your area:

Louisville and rural communities

Joy Berger
Hosparus Education and Volunteer Center
3532 Ephraim McDowell Dr
Louisville, KY 40205
719-8910 or (800) 264-0521
Fax: (502) 456-6655

Central Kentucky

Annette Oller
Manager, Hospital/Community Partners
Hosparus - Hospice of Central Kentucky
105 Diecks Drive
P.O. Box 2149
Elizabethtown, KY 42702
(270) 737-6300 or (800) 686-9577
Fax: (270) 737-4053

Southern Indiana

Charlene Natale
Manager, Physicians/Community Partners
Hosparus - Hospice of Southern Indiana
624 E. Market Street
New Albany, IN 47150
(812) 945-4596 or toll free 1-800-895-5633
fax: (812) 945-4733