We are very excited to bring back our Demystifying Death Conference. This year is going to be wonderful, we have three keynote speakers planned and great breakout sessions.
Our conference has been approved for 7 NASW CEUs.
INTRODUCING OUR KEY NOTE SPEAKERS
Gloria Thomas Anderson, PhD, LMSW
Dr. Anderson is the author of The African-American Spiritual and Ethical Guide to End-of-Life Care: What Y’all Gon’ Do With Me? and creator of the Let’s Talk About ACP workshop program. She is Advance Care Planning (ACP) expert and educator and is the founding president of Heart TonesTM, a literary arts ministry she began 35 years ago. Her own near-death experience serves as a catalyst to engage diverse individuals in safe and meaningful discussions about important real-life issues, such as end-of-life care, grief, and loss.
Rose is from Taos New Mexico first attended a death in 1989. Since then, she pursued a degree that included a 2 year specialty in Hospice & Grief and Counseling from a division of the Kubler Ross School of Death and Dying. She is the Spiritual Care and Bereavement Provider for Mountain Home Healthcare in Taos N.M., Rose is a trained Council Circle and Restorative Justice facilitator & her time with indigenous and local teachers, along with studies in the cultures of the world, mythology, poetry & dream work, infuses her time with hospice patients and their families.
David Turner – Heart n Soul Hospice, CEO
David Turner is a self-described “hospice guy” having been involved in hospice business development and operations since 2008. A native of Detroit, David started and ran a Michigan based hospice program from 2014-2021. David made the decision to take his business model, end of life care focused on traditionally underserved segments of the population. He now runs a Hospice in Nashville, TN and continues to look for opportunities to expand his vision in other select US markets in the coming years. Most recently Heart n Soul was granted a Certificate of Need in King County, Washington (Seattle). The mission of Heart n Soul Hospice, is to increase information, access and utilization of quality end of life care, while simultaneously expanding the presence of people of color in ownership and senior leadership in the hospice industry. David and his wife Ann, currently split time between Detroit and Nashville.