Latest Death Cafe News
Practitioners question: Death Ed. - A public health storybook project
Posted by Death_Ed_Lund on March 20, 2018, 6:02 a.m.
Hi!
My name is Jamie and I am steering a new public health outreach project on death and dying at the Institute for Palliative Care in Lund, Sweden.
The project is called 'Death Ed' and it tries to open up fun and creative ways to explore what mortality means, so ...
Practitioners question: Holding a Death Cafe tomorrow
Posted by jennyanngunnarsson on March 19, 2018, 4:44 a.m. 1 comment
Dear all,
I am holding a cafe for the first time in Gothenburg, Sweden tomorrow Tuesday March 20. I run a funeral home and so that is the venue. I was supposed to hold the cafe with a friend who’s also a grief councelor but she has now fallen ...
Death Cafe write up: It's another Death Cafe at the Long Community at Highland
Posted by BLLLINK on March 18, 2018, 7:09 p.m.
What a great venue for a Death Cafe. Attending this second time Death Cafe were some residents, some second time attendees and lots of new Death Cafe first timers.
The conversations flowed at two separate tables. In all, more than 20 attended - some for the entire two hour of conversation; some less.
We are grateful to our facilitators, our guests and the exceptional staff at the Long Community who were so prepared for this event.
Wondeful scones, cakes and dining finery ... and a pap to the day - a one button system for showing a film following the Death Cafe.
Thank you everyone.
Death Cafe write up: Wyomissing Public Library's FIRST Death Cafe
Posted by BLLLINK on March 18, 2018, 7:06 p.m.
This was our very first death cafe at Wyomissing Public Library and our second Berks county, PA death cafe. There were a few return death cafe attendees in addition to new faces, and although we had a small group, the conversation was lively and engaging and covered a range of topics - having agency for your own death, considering those we leave behind, writing obituaries, what meaning there is (or is not) in visiting loved one’s graves, and so much more. We’re deeply grateful for our local death cafe community.
Resource: Poem by Daniel Mark Extrom; The Legacy
Posted by d-sencier@hotmail.co.uk on March 18, 2018, 6:07 a.m.
The Legacy,
My family loved me very much ,
and taught me well to share,
And I am able yet to give,
though I am not there,
Mourn me not my family;
my spirits still in you,
The lesson that you taught so well
gives work I love to do
I ...
Donation
I gave my eyes so that a small girl could see
the iridescent blue of a damsel fly’s wings.
I gave my heart to a boy too weak to stand,
who now runs and climbs the rocks above the tarn.
I gave my lungs so that another child ...
Organ donation
If you needed an organ transplant would you have one?
If so please help those in need of a transplant by opting to donate your organs and tissue after your death.
Register to be a organ donor;
www.organdonation.nhs.uk
Organ donation
If you needed an organ transplant would you have one?
If so please help those in need of a transplant by opting to donate your organs and tissue after your death.
To register to be a organ donor;
www.organdonation.nhs.uk
Video: Organ donation after death - Hugs
Posted by d-sencier@hotmail.co.uk on March 17, 2018, 5:09 p.m.
Video: If you needed an organ, would you take one?
Posted by d-sencier@hotmail.co.uk on March 17, 2018, 5 p.m.
Link: Organ donation after death to save lives
Posted by d-sencier@hotmail.co.uk on March 17, 2018, 4:42 p.m.
Organ donation
If you needed an organ transplant would you have one?
If so please help those in need of a transplant by opting to donate your organs and tissue after your death.
Resource: George Clooney - Organ donation
Posted by d-sencier@hotmail.co.uk on March 17, 2018, 4:26 p.m.
Quote ;“I think you should automatically donate your organs because that would turn the balance of organ donation in a huge way. I would donate whatever anybody would take, and i`d probably do the cremation bit” George Clooney
Resource: Liam Neeson - Organ donation
Posted by d-sencier@hotmail.co.uk on March 17, 2018, 4:20 p.m.
Quote; “She`s keeping three people alive at the moment; her heart, her kidneys and her liver. It`s terrific. And I think she would be very thrilled and please by that.” Actor; Liam Neeson
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe East Van
Posted by Sky Bray on March 16, 2018, 11:49 a.m. 1 comment
A Death Cafe is a place where people get together for the purpose of having open and thoughtful conversations about death and dying.
SMALL DETAILS:
This is a free or by-donation event! Donations collected support the cake and coffee fund.
This event is in a private home in East Vancouver. The address will be emailed out to you upon registration.
Register at spiritmamasky@gmail.com to get on the list!
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Bristol
Posted by MaryTutaev on March 16, 2018, 4:12 a.m.
An evening of new and regular members who all were keen to explore and share ideas ......such a great feeling of community and in fact people didn't want to stop talking when we had to finish! So many expressed the relief and sense of being able to unfold and explore their concerns,experiences and ideas ..... As usual great refreshments and we look forward to the next meeting!