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Practitioners question: Bereavement Services, NHS, Nottingham
Posted by hannah_hall on Oct. 23, 2019, 4:54 a.m. 1 comment
Hi there,
I am a Bereavement Officer at the Queen's Medical Centre Hospital. My team are currently on a fundraising endeavour to raise money for a new department and, in the new year, we are embarking on a series of fundraising events. We would love it if one of ...
Death Cafe write up: Finland Death Cafe – COFFEE, CAKE AND DISCUSSION ABOUT DEATH
Posted by antifestival on Oct. 21, 2019, 4:13 a.m.
We got lot of positive feed back from our Death Cafes that we held on the spring. We decided to have more cafes and organized these on the autumn. We had three of them in total on August, September and October. We had lot of familiar faces during the events, but each time we had lot of new participants and new discussions and opinions. All of our events were fully booked, but we always kept an option for the walk-ins to participate. During our festival week there were over 30 people who took part of the cafe. This worked out well! We hope that someone would continue keeping ...
We All Live into the Inevitability of Death
Death Cafe write up: October Death Cafe Iowa
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Oct. 16, 2019, 10:54 a.m.
For October’s Death Cafe Iowa we met at Palmers Deli & Market on Ingersoll. Buffy Peters and Becca Suvalsky (members of the Bereavement Professionals Group) facilitated the group. We had three people in attendance, 2 women and 1 man, and participants ranged in ages and professions. Members brought several interesting topics to the group this month.
We have recently noticed a growing number of podcasts that discuss death and dying. One group member started listing to a new podcast called “Last Day” that discusses the opioid epidemic and shares some stories of individual's last day before they died from a drug overdose. Another podcast that was mentioned ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe York
Posted by Sadie on Oct. 16, 2019, 8:14 a.m.
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Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Oxnard
Posted by Cat Kent on Oct. 11, 2019, 5:29 p.m.
Oxnard's 3rd Death Cafe had seven people in attendance. Three had never attended a DC before. Participants discussed the fear of miscarriage and the sort of grief that lingers even after a healthy birth. Participants also talked about sudden, violent death, such as a murder, and how such a death is similar to, yet very different from, more "natural" sorts of deaths. The conversation was very interesting and informative, and a few attendees stayed late to finish discussing their thoughts.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe in Nelson, New Zealand
Posted by Kristinerose on Oct. 11, 2019, 12:01 p.m.
It was a small group this month. None present minded this as it allowed for the group to go deeper in discussion and sharing . Suicide was a topic discussed. We, previous to this meeting had a couple of months that our regular meet up did not run. It was exspressed that the break made people loose momentum for coming. It was all regulars this meeting.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - Live Passionately, Die Imperturbably
Posted by Jessicamanjun on Oct. 11, 2019, 1:49 a.m.
We organized our first Death Cafe on Oct.7th, 2019.
During 3 hours, we talked a lot and discussed a lot about Death.
Participants are from different industries such as : psychological consultant, volunteer of hospice care, professor in university, producer from television station, managerial people from different companies… discussions started from near-death experience, several people who had such experience before shared what “death” like : soul flies out of the body and just like take off your jacket. This start made people feel that death seems not that horrible as expected.
“what will you do if you know you soon come to the end of your life?’ someone ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Kingston
Posted by Death Cafe Kingston on Oct. 9, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
We had a full group for our cafe at the Guildhall! We enjoyed various cakes and interesting conversation on a range of issues. Every time is different and yet similar in how easy it is to talk to strangers about death and our concerns.
One couple had expressed interest in training as end of life doulas/ soul midwives and one lady was undergoing training in this so could share her experience.
We discussed examples of loved ones death and how different these were ranging from very peaceful to noisy and traumatic and we realised how little we can influence this sometimes.
People shared their future plans and also ...
Evelyn is a feature length documentary about a family's journey to overcome the grief they hold over the death of their brother and son 13 years earlier to suicide.
The film is available as a free resource to be used for community and educational screenings.
Further info on how ...
Resource: Interview participants wanted for a research project on death and grief
Posted by AndyMurrell on Oct. 7, 2019, 11:15 a.m. 3 comments
Hi. I'm looking for people to interview for a research project that will attempt to find out why we announce the deaths of our loved ones on social media, and what this means for our relationship with death and grief.
When I was 24, my mum passed away ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Whangarei
Posted by Jo Moselen on Oct. 6, 2019, 12:20 a.m.
We gathered at the airport cafe, The Apron, for what was another thought provoking and stimulating conversation amongst 27 of us. It was a surprising turnout given the weather. We split into two groups and after a round of introductions the conversations ranged from end of life choices, what makes a good death, sharing of personal experiences and stories, near death experiences, body and organ donation and the practicalities around death and dying.
To close we invited everyone to sum up in 3 or 4 words how they were feeling and it was clear everyone was energised and not quite ready to finish the conversation.
With such a ...
Hi all
I have just discovered Death Cafe and am very keen to hold my own in Manchester, UK. I work in the events industry so have a good support network to make this happen.
I am just wondering how we market this in terms of what we name it ...
Death Cafe write up: Ibiza Death Cafe
Posted by Ibiza Death Cafe on Sept. 27, 2019, 2:31 p.m.
Thank you to all that attended this Death Cafe session and special thanks to the team at La Patisserie Ibiza for the warm welcome, lovely tea in teapots and amazing cakes! We will be back! ☕️
New Blog post: Till death do us part!
Posted by Sonalimantoo on Sept. 26, 2019, 3:53 a.m. 5 comments
Death. Mortality. End of Life. Something inevitable, yet rarely discussed and a source of intense discomfort for most. When mentioned, it is considered inauspicious and rude in many cultures. Death is an integral part of the workday for a Critical Care Physician like me. But it was never a topic of discussion in Medical School or training
Death is inevitably encountered by every physician at some point and by every human. Then why aren’t ...