upcoming events

10.18.2024

Navigating Serious Illness in the Midst of Uncertainty (panel discussion)

McGill International Palliative Care Congress

Time: 11:00 am

Palais Des Congres De Montreal

Montreal, Quebec


10.22.2024

Navigating Uncertainty in End-of-Life Care

NAHC 2024 Home Care and Hospice Conference

Time: 12:30 am

Tampa Convention Center

Tampa, Florida


10.29.2024

Hospice and Palliative Care:  Back to Basics

Greater Grand Rapids End of Life Coalition

Time: 8:00 am

Pine Rest Postma Center

Grand Rapids, MI


10.23.2024 & 10.30.2024

Navigating Advanced Illness and End of Life Care

Calvin Academy of Lifelong Learning

Time: 2:30 pm

Calvin Seminary, 241

Grand Rapids, MI


11.14.2024

Oklahoma Hospice and Palliative Care Association Conference

Time: 8:30am “From Cookies to Cancer:  Using Improvisation in Palliative Care Discussions”

Time: 10:15am “Words Matter:  Language That Can Hurt or Help Our Patients” 

Hard Rock Café Hotel 

Tulsa, OK


NOTABLE PAST EVENTS

9.16.2024

Music presentation with Tricia Walker

NHPCO Annual Leadership Conference

Time: 4:30 pm

Sheraton Denver

Denver, CO


9.18.2024

Music as Medicine: Songwriting as a Healing Strategy

NHPCO Annual Leadership Conference

Time: 8:00 am

Sheraton Denver

Denver, CO


9.25.2024

Navigating Uncertainty in End of Life Care

Faith Hospice CEU Event

Time: 9:00 am

Sytsema Funeral and Cremation Services 

Norton Shores, MI


5.2024

2024 MHHA Annual Conference, Kalamazoo, MI

Speaker: Dr. John Mulder

Lecture Title: Rethinking Commiunity – Based Palliative Care

Time: 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm


12.12.2023

Dr. John Mulder will speak at The GR Savvy Senior Learning Series, Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI.

12:00 “Life Savvy – Finding Purpose at any Age”
“The Inflection Period in Serious Illness” (with Drs. Tim Ihrig and Jeff Nelson)
https://grsavvyseniors.com/events to register


11.2023

Dr. John Mulder will speak at the Oklahoma Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Annual Conference, Tulsa, OK.

11.2.2023
“The Inflection Period in Serious Illness” (with Drs. Tim Ihrig and Jeff Nelson)

11.3.2023
“Navigating Uncertainty in End of Life Care”


10.6.2023

“Rethinking Palliative Care”

(Dr. John Mulder is speaking at the Trinity Grand Rapids Palliative Care Conference,  Prince Conference Center (Calvin College), Grand Rapids, MI. Robin Stawasz)

2:00pm “Controversial Interventions in End of Life Care:  Helping Patients and Families Navigate the Quagmire”


10.2023

Dr. John Mulder will speak at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization 2023 Annual Leadership Conference, Little Rock, AR

10.1.2023
“Opioid Prescribing and Substance Use Disorder in Hospice and Palliative Care” – Preconference session (satisfies criteria for the DEA MATE law)

10.2.2023
“Rethinking Palliative Care” (with Robin Stawasz)


7.17.2023

“Quality vs. Quantity of Life: Beyond the Dichotomy” (with Dr. Ariel Dempsey)

Dr. John Mulder spoke at the World Congress on Nursing Education and Practice, Frankfurt, Germany.


REGISTER


5.2023

REDEFINING LIFE’S ULTIMATE JOURNEY

Dr. Jason Beckrow and Dr. Carol Robinson instructed for the Calvin Academy of Lifelong Learning, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI


REGISTER


3.16.23

LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY

Dr. John Mulder delivered the opening plenary address with Dr. Ariel Dempsey at the UK Palliative Care Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland.


10.28.22

Dr. John Mulder spoke at the American Academy of Home Care Medicine (AAHCM) Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.  

“Rethinking Community-Based Palliative Care”


10.25.22

Dr. Mulder spoke at the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) Annual Conference and Expo in St. Louis, MO. 


“Related or Relevant? Making sense of hospice eligibility and coverage responsibilities.” 


4.11-14.22

Dr. Mulder presented at the On Aging 2022 Conference in New Orleans, LA (ASA). 


3.7-9.22

Dr. Mulder presented at the 2022 Leadership and Advocacy Conference in National Harbor, MD (NHPCO). 


5.14.20

Dr. Mulder Released an Album Inspired by the Compassion and Home

Our very own Dr. John Mulder has co-created an album, The World Around the Bed: Songs of hope and healing, to reflect the joys, sorrows and difficulties that are a part of life’s journey. Proceeds from the album will support PPE supplies for hospice providers. Follow the link to support the project and learn more.

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11.5.19

Dr. Mulder, along with co-presenter Dr. Tim Ihrig, delivered a lecture at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Clinical Team Conference, Orlando, FL

“The Inflection Period in Advanced Illness.”


10.14.19

Dr. Mulder, along with co-presenter Dr. Tim Ihrig, delivered a lecture at the National Homecare and Hospice Association Annual Assembly, Seattle, WA

“Strategic Positioning of Hospices for the Next Generation of End-of-Life Care.”


5.3.19

Dr. Mulder presented the closing plenary address at the Pennsylvania Hospice and Palliative Network annual conference.


11.6.18

Dr. Mulder presented a keynote, plenary address to general session of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Clinical Team Conference, New Orleans, LA

“The Myth of Patient-Centered Care.”