Hospital care can be disruptive, expensive and dangerous. Studies show about one-third of elderly patients over 70 leave the hospital in worse shape than when they arrived.

Our speaker will be the visionary Dr. Daniel Hoefer; who has co-developed an evidence‐based disease management program to keep chronically ill people with late stage illness in their homes as long as possible.

Dr. Hoefer is the Chief Medical Officer of Sharp HealthCare’s outpatient palliative care program.

We invite you to join us for this free program. A discussion will follow Dr. Hoefer’s presentation.
Saturday, Feb. 29th, 2020 at 2 pm at Vision, 4780 Mission Gorge Place H, San Diego, CA 92120; across from the Grantville Post office. Additional parking available at the post office.

This program will explore the complex decisions that families and providers grapple with in Intensive Care Settings (ICU). Decisions are often time-critical, such as in the case of a brain bleed. For example, families are sometimes forced to decide for their loved one if 25% of the patient’s brain should be removed to save their life. Do you know how you would decide for your loved one?

Expert Speakers:
Jamie LaBuzetta, M.D., Neurologist
Dr. LaBuzetta is an internationally trained clinician researcher. She completed her medical training at UC San Diego, and pursued post-graduate research at Oxford and Cambridge Universities before embarking on her neurology training in Boston. She once again returned to San Diego for specialized neurocritical care training, and is now part of the UC San Diego faculty in the Department of Neurosciences. She has authored articles and books on ethics and decision making, and her current research interests focus on post-intensive care syndrome, pharmacological cognitive enhancement in brain injury, and neuroethics.

Dr. Bethany Turner, EdD, Kaiser Chaplain.
Bethany has a Masters in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University and a Doctorate in Pastoral Community Counseling from the University of Sarasota. She has bridged the worlds of patient centered care and measurable outcomes for over 17 years. Dr. Turner is passionate about facilitating a broader understanding of the role and value of Professional Clinical Spiritual Care with Health Care Leadership. Dr. Turner has led teams to success in multiple industries to include: Non-profit, Hospitality, Government and Healthcare. Her research and presentations have lead organizations to expand Spiritual Care Services and Upgrade Charting Systems. Currently, Dr. Turner is the Southern California Regional Co-Lead for Spiritual Care for Kaiser Permanente and an adjunct Professor at Woodbury University.