Becoming an Informed Consumer Advocate for Your Healthcare

Become an informed consumer advocate for your healthcare.

Our healthcare system has become siloed and difficult to navigate. This 7-hour class with Karen Sanders, MSN, R.N., AHN-BC, HWNC-BC,  will help you learn how to advocate for yourself or a family member with less stress and more peace of mind.

Topics to expect:  Overview of the US Healthcare System  Advocating for yourself and your loved ones in the hospital, assisted living, and physician offices

Home care vs. home health

Transitions: The art of dying

Palliative care vs. hospice care 

9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

What to bring: wear comfortable clothing, water bottle, note paper or pad of paper, pens

$100 for CCLD members; $120 for non-members. CCLD members can use promo code CCLD20 to receive a 17% discount. Register and pay here: https://rnpatientadvocacync.com/becoming-an-informed-consumer-advocate-for-your-healthcare/

Registration limited to 20 people.

Tentative Schedule:

9:00am to 10:30am - Overview of the US Healthcare System - Karen Sanders, RN

10am to 10:15am Break, Coffee and Tea provided

10:15am to 11:45 - Advocating for yourself and loved one in the Hospital, Assisted Living, and Physician Offices - Karen Sanders

11:45am to 12:45pm Lunch provided

12:45pm to 1:30pm - Home Care vs Home Health - Heather Bauer, Former Executive Director of the Buncombe County Council on Aging

1:30pm to 2:30pm Transitions: The Art of Dying - Greg Lathrop, RN

2:30pm to 2:45pm Break, Cold beverages, Tea and snacks provided

2:45pm to 3:45pm Palliative Care vs Hospice Care - Dr. Aditi Sethi-Brown

3:45pm to 4:00pm Wrap Up

4:00pm Adjourn