Death Cafe Missoula

Hosted by Stephanie Markin and Kaley Burke


Date:

Sept. 11, 2019

Start time:

12:00 p.m. (mountain)

End time:

1:00 p.m. (mountain)

Address:

2407 Schilling st

suite C & D

Missoula, MT

59801

United States

 

Free

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About this Death Cafe

Working hospice with so many families has given us a chance to talk about dying with them in that personal and emotionally charged time. We want to normalize talking about death, at any time. For many families when a loved one is actively dying there is so much they don't understand. It's not uncommon for a person to know nothing of death until someone close to them passes. Lets bring the discussion into the light. Lets learn from each other. Join us for a lively discussion about death in the garden of Harvest Home Care, we'll bring the cake and tea!


About Stephanie Markin and Kaley Burke

Stephanie Markin is a student at the University of Montana working towards a degree in Psychology with a minor in Gerontology. She aspires to become a Physical Therapist in the future. She is currently the Hospice Lead for Harvest Home Care and is excited to help bring Death Cafe to Missoula.

Kaley’s passion for eldercare advocacy is a family affair. In high school she took her first job in the kitchen of the nursing home her mother worked at and turned it into a 12-year career in aging services. Inspired by her brother Kavan Peterson’s national activism to change the long term care system, Kaley joined him to bring this culture change to the home care industry. Her experience working in nearly every level of skilled nursing administration and admissions gave her a deep understanding of the complex web of support necessary to help elders remain at home. She also experienced the challenges and rewards of providing person-directed home care when she took three months off to help care for her grandmother after a massive stroke.

 

Kaley earned her bachelors in communication from the University of Montana and specializes in relationship building, networking, and communication development. She embraces elders for who they are–real human beings, who deserve to be treated as such.

 


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