Death Cafe profile for Iñaki Peña Bandrés
Location: Spain
About Iñaki Peña Bandrés:
I am a doctor of Internal Medicine in the Basque Country, specially focused on Palliative Care.
I have written and directed a documentary about the grief process in 2013, which title is "Aulki Hutsak" ("Empty Chairs").
What brings you to Death Cafe?
I first hosted a DC in the town of Zarautz (Basque Country) in March 23, 2017, along with nurse Amaia Artze.
It was part of a massive experience coordinated by the Spanish HUCI Project and leadered by Gabi Heras in about 20 cities and towns.
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Iñaki Peña Bandrés's posts on the Death Cafe website
With Jabi Bereziartua / Miren Ros / Iñaki Peña
March 25, 2020, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (UTC +0)
Free
In March 25th, and around that date, we are going to hold simultaneously DC at more than 20 places at he same time in the Basque Country.
This initiative is ...
With Jabi Bereziartua / Anjel Irastorza
Dec. 9, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (UTC +0)
Free
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Zarautz (10)
Posted by Iñaki Peña Bandrés on May 4, 2019, 3:45 a.m.
On the second of May, eleven men gathered together in our compassionate community to talk about death and dying, frailty, grief and caregiving, instead of talking about football. It was inspired by the work of ‘Toka gizon taldea’, aiming to search for new ways of masculinity. It was special too because it was held just in Basque language.
We talked about the difficulty to show compassion, and when to get close to a person in grief. And we identified a main tool for it, intuition (that feminine value). We mentioned masculine emotional castration and the lacks of masculine traditional roles.
We talked about the topical and traditional way ...
With Anjel Irastorza / Iñaki Peña.
May 2, 2019, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (UTC +0)
Free
This will be a special edition intended to become aware about the big gender difference around talking and thinking about death and dying, the grief process, frailty and taking care ...
With Jabi Bereziartua / Iñaki Peña
Feb. 27, 2019, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (UTC +0)
Free
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Zarautz 7th edition
Posted by Iñaki Peña Bandrés on Dec. 17, 2018, 1:06 p.m.
Our date was at the usual place and time. In this seventh edition, a group of people (13) from Zarautz and other surrounding villages got together around some coffee and tea cups and a cake. This time, male presence was more numerous (6) than usually. Is something changing?
After introducing ourselves and sharing expectations, the first person who began speaking made this sentence: “I laugh of death, I’m not afraid of her”. Another one says to be angry with death, because of having brought her mother when she was a child. There are people who recognize their fear in front of death, each of them from a ...
With Anjel Irastorza / Iñaki Peña
Oct. 24, 2018, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (UTC+1)
Free
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Zarautz
Posted by Iñaki Peña Bandrés on June 14, 2018, 10:35 a.m.
Last june 12th Jabi Bereziartua and I hosted the 6th edition of DC in our town, at the Basque coastline.
The previous one was the first one taking place inside our newly created compassionate community, "Zarautz, Herri Zaintzailea".
Besides, in these days we have hold the international congress on Palliative Care in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, about 90 km from Zarautz. Precisely, this has been the context for the creation of our compassionate initiative.
Regarding to the 6th edition of DC, 14 people attended it, 9 women and 5 men. 7 people over 60 yeras-old, and 7 below that.
Quite a younger group, taking into account that, for ...
With Jabi Bereziartua / Iñaki Peña
June 12, 2018, 6.30 p.m. - 8.15 p.m. (UTC +0)
None
This one is the 6th edition at our town. The second one taking place as a compassionate community. Already inside the international network.
With Amaia Artze / Iñaki Peña
Oct. 19, 2017, 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (UTC +0)
None
This is going to be the third edition of Death Cafe taking place in our town, in Zarautz.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Zarautz
Posted by Iñaki Peña Bandrés on June 15, 2017, 2:55 p.m.
Date: June 7th, 2017.
Place: Hotel Alameda. Zarautz (Basque Coutry).
Hosts: Amaia Artze and Iñaki Peña.
In this second edition at our town, 18 people attended the event. Most of them were women (14:4).
Almost half of the attendants were over 65 years-old. But there was a couple from Zumaia, a mother with her son, 20 years-old. It was really interesting listening to him, his thoughts, his experience.
Most of the people who came over would like to repeat some time. Next one, probably in september.
With Amaia Artze / Iñaki Peña
June 7, 2017, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (UTC +0)
None
After our first DC as hosts, as many people as they attended the event couldn't make it in, so we had to organize this other one!
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe ZARAUTZ (SPAIN)
Posted by Iñaki Peña Bandrés on March 29, 2017, 11:11 p.m. 1 comment
It took place on March 23, 2017. In the coastal town of Zarautz (Basque Country), at Hotel Alameda.
Hosted by nurse Amaia Artze and doctor Iñaki Peña, and attended by a total of 14 people:
- 7 women and 7 men.
- Below 50 year old 7 people and >50 another 7.
- 6 health proffesionals, 8 people holding another employment status.
People came from different backgrounds:
- One man came from a Christian parish an one couple from a Buddhist community.
- One 60 year-old woman was going through the anticipatory grief for her husband, ill with cancer.
- One 40 year-old woman told us about having esoteric experiences.
Short video ...