Spirituality and Hospice Care in the Black Community
Member Exclusive | Hospice Foundation of America Webinar
Hospice Foundation of America webinar
Event Details
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Overview:
Studies show that Black Americans are less likely than White patients to receive hospice services. Join Marisette Hasan and Dr. Doneila McIntosh for an important conversation on how spiritual care can play a vital role in engaging and supporting Black patients and their families in hospice care. The program will explore how faith beliefs, while supportive, can pose barriers to earlier admission and use of hospice services. Speakers will also discuss how IDT members can incorporate culturally sensitive and spiritually responsive perspectives into their work to better support Black patients and families.
Objectives:
- Describe at least three factors that contribute to lower or later hospice use among Black patients and families, including spiritual beliefs, mistrust, and structural barriers.
- Differentiate between faith beliefs that support coping and those that may delay hospice acceptance when clinicians do not respond with culturally sensitive communication.
- Apply at least three spiritually responsive, culturally sensitive interdisciplinary team strategies to improve engagement, trust, and support for Black patients and families receiving hospice care.
Target Audience: Hospice
Registration closes June 8 at Noon CT.
Marisette Hasan, RN, BSN
Marisette Hasan is a 1981 graduate from the University of South Carolina with Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. She is the Principal & CEO for LifeSprings Consulting Group, LLC. She is passionately engaged in supporting hospice and palliative care providers and policy advocates to increase access and decrease end of life disparities for patients and caregivers who live in Black and Brown and underserved communities. Marisette is a 2024 SC Palmetto Gold Nursing Award Recipient. This accolade celebrates nurses who exemplify excellence in nursing practice and commitment to the nursing profession.
Marisette also serves as the VP for Community Action & Policy with CTAC (Coalition to Transform Advanced Care) and is a Community Co-investigator for the Equal ACP & Equal Space African American Faith Advance Care Planning Research projects led by Dr. Kimberly Johnson.
Doneila L. McIntosh, PhD, MDiv, LAMFT
Doneila McIntosh (she/they) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia, department of Human Development and Family Science with an emphasis in Couple and Family Therapy (CFT). Broadly, Doneila’s research examines family processes and well-being, including couples, adults, children and adolescents, and parent-child dyads. Specifically, her research investigates how psychosocial and contextual factors—such as exposure to violence, traumatic loss, and behavioral health—shape family dynamics, mental health, relational well-being across the lifespan. As a therapist, Doneila specializes in grief therapy, primarily supporting youth and families in the aftermath of traumatic loss. Doneila was a recipient of the 2023 Ron Keith Barrett Multicultural Presentation Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC).