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Practitioners question: Free automatic registration systems?
Posted by Holly Pruett on Jan. 13, 2014, 9:36 p.m. 14 comments
Death Cafe write up: Norwich, NY Death Cafe
Posted by hospicechenango on Jan. 13, 2014, 11:36 a.m.
Hospice & Palliative Care of Chenango County sponsored the first Death Café in Chenango County on October 29, 2013. 14 brave souls gathered at Uncorked Café, to talk about death with the understanding that openly talking about death allows us to live a more fulfilled life. The discussion was led by Hospice Volunteers Virginia Lee and Rebecca Young. Rebecca and Virginia opened the session by allowing people to introduce themselves and speak to what brought them to the café. The reasons ranged from always being intrigued by death discussion, to people who had recently lost someone and now were questioning what “it all means”.
The conversation was raw and ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe, Brisbane, Queensland
Posted by Beth OBrien on Jan. 12, 2014, 8:44 p.m.
Death Cafe write up: First Death Cafe in Brisbane, Australia
Posted by Beth OBrien on Jan. 12, 2014, 8:42 p.m.
The evening was facilitated by Beth O’Brien and Neil Davis. We had 5 attendees come and share with us that evening. Beth was interviewed for the local newspaper and on 4BC Radio. The story was also covered in the leading city newspaper the Courier Mail. It amazed us that in a short time with a small but eager group of attendees that conversation flowed, and flowed fast! Topics included such items as working in the funeral industry; what does a dead person look like; I closed my eyes in the church when I opened them my Mum’s coffin was gone; advanced health directives; euthanasia; confronting your ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Brisbane, Australia
Posted by Beth OBrien on Jan. 12, 2014, 8:41 p.m.
Death Café, Brisbane 6 November 2013
Last night 10 people joined us for our second death café at Mt Gravatt.
There was again a delightful mix of people, and we had the opportunity to hear some insights from a palliative care nurse, and a hospital chaplain working with the oncology ward. Amongst the group were also team members from Karuna http://www.karuna.org.au/ community and home palliative care who again shared some wonderful insights. We thank them for their openness in sharing, and for all the other people for their honest sharing and wisdom.
Many topics were covered and we shared, laughed and sometimes sighed at ...
Press: New Mexicans advocate for more end-of-life choices
Posted by Gail Rubin, CT on Jan. 8, 2014, 1:13 p.m. 5 comments
This article quotes Death Cafe host Gail Rubin and uses a photo from a Death Cafe event to illustrate a story about New Mexico possibly becoming the fifth U.S. state to allow physician aid-in-dying.
See more at: Albuquerque Journal
Press: The New Way of Talking About Death and Dying
Posted by Gail Rubin, CT on Jan. 8, 2014, 1:10 p.m. 28 comments
Ronni Bennett, popular blogger on TimeGoesBy.net, attended a Death Cafe and reports her reactions.
See more at: Time Goes By
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe of Ocala
Posted by Teddy on Jan. 8, 2014, 10:56 a.m.
On December 30th 2013 we had our second Death Cafe in Ocala.
As our first meeting place was in a restaurant and quite noisy, we looked for another location. Which we found in Mojo's Grill in Ocala. They graciously offered us the use of their seperate room free of charge. It can seat about 20 people, so there is room to grow, as there were 11 of us this time.
Three new people came, so we pretty much did another introduction round, where everyone shared some of their experiences with death.
As it was the night before New Years Eve, the people in the main restaurant were ...
Death Cafe write up: Indian River County Death Cafe
Posted by marie on Jan. 6, 2014, 9:39 p.m.
Well, we have met again. This evening was a chilly night for the Sebastian Florida area. We had a group of six, five women and one man. This was our first evening meeting at the local library. The environment was quiet and comfortably warm. A happy skull with a hat and sunglasses has become our mascot, we call him D.C.. This in and of itself livened up the conversation. Was it ghoulish and/or disrespectful to have such a centerpiece. We discussed life and death as a continuum, not a black and white cut off. The discussion of near death experience was revisited. Each expressed some type ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe San Francisco
Posted by Shelley Adler on Jan. 6, 2014, 10:56 a.m. 2 comments
We had a great launch to the Zen Hospice Project Death Cafes! We met at the ZHP Guest House for tea, Bundt cake, and lively discussion about death. Our 30 attendees were so enthusiastic that we've decided to host quarterly San Francisco death cafes. Please join us--all are welcome (after an RSVP)!
Practitioners question: Funeral Home as a Venue
Posted by Jennifer A. on Jan. 6, 2014, 9:38 a.m. 8 comments
A funeral home offered me space for a Death Cafe. I've read write-ups for other Death Cafes held at funeral homes and I was wondering if anyone had run into any issues with hosting an event in that environment?
My biggest concern stems from problems that might occur if ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Fremantle, WA - Special Event - 'End of Year, End of Life'
Posted by Death Cafe - Fremantle on Jan. 5, 2014, 8:55 p.m.
I am so pleased that the number of participants is finally getting up there! The last two Death Cafe's here in Fremantle had 14 and 12 participants! This is in part due to the recent media coverage by ABC News and word getting out via word of mouth.
I believe that although the experiences/fears/stories are always unique to the person sharing, there is a common conversation that emerges.
We all get intimate with each other very quickly when having a conversation that is as deeply felt as that of the death of a loved one, imagined or lived.
Most of the people that come are ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe, Brisbane, Queensland
Posted by Beth OBrien on Jan. 4, 2014, 2:12 p.m.
It was a pleasure to meet with a great group of people so close to Christmas to reflect on the topic of death leading up to this celebration time.
There were some professional people from the palliative care teams of Brisbane and we discussed the lack of available hospice or palliative care in our city. It was interesting to hear how many people died in emergency wards or regular wards, when they could have been cared for in the community if those resources were available.
As usual the topics were amazing and our conversation travelled on some many interesting paths. Some of the discussion topics were as follows ...
