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About this Death Cafe

Following the Death Cafe there is a Panel Discussion with BBC Radio 4’s Fi GloverLondon

At St Joseph’s Hospice, talking about death isn’t taboo. To help encourage openness and dialogue around death and dying we are hosting an afternoon of free events for all to attend.

Death Café

3.30pm – 5.30pm, Garden Room, St Joseph’s Hospice.

Come drink tea, eat cake and talk about death and dying in a supportive environment, hosted by Nurse Consultant Nigel Dodds and Nurse Kate Hambleton.

Everlasting Lives Viewing & Panel Talk

5.30pm – 7.00pm, Ground Floor area, St Joseph’s Hospice.

Viewing of Everlasting Lives; a series of moving and intimate portraits capturing important objects that most represent the lives of some of our patients. Followed by a panel talk chaired by BBC Radio 4’s multi-award winning broadcaster Fi Glover.

Refreshments served.

About St Joseph's Hospice

We have been enhancing lives, easing pain and bringing comfort and understanding for over a hundred years. Nothing can soften the blow of learning that you have been diagnosed with an illness which cannot be cured and will bring an end to your life. But at St Joseph’s Hospice we help our patients and those closest to them, to cope with the anxiety and challenges which may arise.

St Joseph’s broad range of services enriches the lives of patients and their families from the diverse communities of east and north-east London. St Joseph’s is available to all those who can benefit from it; we work to meet all the needs of our patients, including those which reflect their ethnic, cultural or religious heritage.

The care and treatment available at St Joseph’s helps patients live as actively as possible for as long as possible. It also supports the whole person, offering practical, emotional and spiritual help in addition to the medical care. The Day Hospice, social work team, chaplaincy, bereavement and children’s bereavement services all work to meet the needs of those with cancer and other life limiting illnesses as well as those of their families and carers. 

Most people with a serious illness prefer to remain at home if they can. Our Community Palliative Care Team works alongside other professionals, so that wherever possible, people needing palliative care can be cared for in their own homes.