Part of our FREE series of readings, workshops, and discussions to help explore what it means to live and die well. Hank Dunn, Hard Choices for Loving People: CPR, Feeding Tubes, Palliative Care, Comfort Measures, and the Patient with a Serious Illness Many people say, “I want to die peacefully in my sleep at home,” […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
Barbara Karnes, RN, has been providing clear, easy to understand, and wonderfully insightful information about the dying process, end-of-life care, and how to navigate the needs of the dying for more than 30 years. Now she is talking with people and organizations around the country about providing this same kind of care in the age […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
Part of our FREE series of readings, workshops, and discussions to help explore what it means to live and die well. Charles M. Fontenot, In Search Of My Soul: just looking for me. A father's collection of poems, coming full circle from grieving loss to truly celebrating life. The honesty and vulnerability of Chuck's writing […]
Founder of Columbia University’s Center for Complicated Grief, Dr. Katherine Shear will lead this workshop about complicated grief for community members and professionals. A natural response to loss, grief is complex, varying, and multifaceted. While everyone grieves in their own way, for most people, grief diminishes as they as find ways to accept the death […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
Part of our FREE series of films about how we live and die. Departures Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Departures follows a young man who returns to his hometown after a failed career as a cellist and stumbles across work as a traditional Japanese ritual mortician. He is subjected to prejudice from […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
"Tenderly, I now touch all things, knowing one day we will part" - St. John of the Cross How do you meet endings in life? Do you go unconscious around them? Maybe endings are very emotional for you? Do you wait for others to acknowledge the end, or do you jump the gun? Most of […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
To commemorate the first day of winter, and the return of the light, Mission Hospice invites you to join us for some music to warm the heart. We are grateful to offer music from our Mission Hospice community, and our dear friends at The Peninsula Threshold Choir. Please note that this will not be a […]
At a Death Café, people – often strangers – gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment…with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
Our first Community Conversation of 2021 will take us back to the beginnings of the hospice movement, and the work done by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross to change the way people die in the US. Ken Ross, son of Dr. Kübler-Ross, will present on his mother’s work and legacy. Growing up, he accompanied his mother on […]
Many health care professionals and laypeople equate hope at the end of life with hope for a cure, and some physicians don’t discuss end-of-life care for fear patients will lose hope. But hospice and palliative care providers can help guide patients and their families to redefine what hope means at the end of life. Psychology […]
Take Charge! Advance Care Planning 2-part workshop What matters most to you? If you were facing serious illness, what kind of care would you want? If you couldn’t speak for yourself, who would? Taking charge of your future care can bring peace of mind -- to you and your loved ones -- and is especially […]
All of us, at some time, experience heartbreaking loss. Alone, shocked, and confused, we are no longer tethered to the life we had, and do not yet recognize a new landscape for our days. Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way From Loss to Peace is a guide to this tender time. With the demeanor and […]
In his many years as a chaplain in a nursing home, a hospital, and with hospice, Hank has learned valuable lessons about living while navigating a serious illness. As difficult as it can be, what seems most important is to live each day as fully as possible. He has seen people live a life of […]
Take Charge! Advance Care Planning 2-part workshop What matters most to you? If you were facing serious illness, what kind of care would you want? If you couldn’t speak for yourself, who would? Taking charge of your future care can bring peace of mind -- to you and your loved ones -- and is especially […]
In our progression through grief and toward the end of life, dreams, visions, and the symbolic therein reveal what needs to be explored, considered, tended to, and healed. Understanding and identifying symbolic language can help guide us through the end-of-life process. As human beings who go experience loss, let us reclaim our capacity to abide […]
The power of empathy and compassion is revolutionizing our approach to person-centered counseling and caregiving. Drawing from the field of positive psychology, The Helper's Journey explores the brighter side of human nature and helping. Real-world caregiver experience in hospice and palliative care, oncology, and counseling bring to light fresh perspectives. Dale G. Larson (BA, University […]
BJ Miller, MD, is co-founder of Mettle Health, a company that provides personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability. In today's talk, he will explain how Mettle Health supports patients and why he chose this path. BJ […]
This workshop will teach us how to recognize a person’s progression into the final stages of dementia and provide the best care using Teepa Snow’s hands-on, disease-level appropriate techniques. In this two-hour training program, Teepa explains how to connect with someone living with late stage dementia, how to recognize and manage pain, and how to […]
We are excited to welcome back Barbara Karnes, RN, who will be reading to us from an assortment of her books geared to support those navigating end-of-life issues, care, experiences. Barbara has the unique ability to take difficult and complex information, and make it readily available for any audience. Barbara Karnes is an award-winning hospice […]
What is the difference between hospice and palliative care? What is the right choice for a situation? When and how can you get a Palliative care consultation? Our expert speakers will address these and other questions during this seminar co-sponsored by Seniors at Home. Gwen Harris, MSW, Director of the Palliative Care program at Seniors […]
Barbara Karnes' work over the last 30 years as a hospice nurse and end-of-life educator has made the world a better place. Her "little blue book" is a staple for any hospice program. Her ability to translate complicated information into simple and easy to understand language has been essential to those receiving hospice care. Gabby […]
In Walking Each Other Home, Mirabai Bush and Ram Dass explore the ways in which we can be present with dying, and help ourselves and others leave this world consciously. Through masterful storytelling and practical guidance, these two teachers offer an intimate, thoughtful, and uplifting exploration of the greatest of human mysteries — and show […]
Death Is But a Dream validates the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears, and it is an important contribution to our understanding of medicine's and humanity's greatest mystery. Dr. Christopher Kerr’s work as the CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Hospice of Buffalo has allowed him a close-up view of this […]
Renshin Bunce is a Zen Buddhist priest who works as a chaplain at Mission Hospice. Through a series of stories about people she has met, we see that every death is different and that there are no universal rules or easy answers in hospice care. These stories show what's possible, allowing the reader to learn […]
The goal of this class is to identify what a caregiver is, the importance of being identified as a caregiver, and to provide the participant with an understanding of the impact they potentially have on the care of their loved ones and themselves. Christina Irving, LSCW, is the Director of Client Services at Family Caregiver […]
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