Death Cafe write-ups
13 June 2019 Ten wonderfully diverse people met up on 13th June on a crisp cool Brisbane evening night... a mixture of ages, genders, interests and life experiences - which blended so well and left people enthused to continue talking about how death and dying are part of life; and how it has affected their lives. How we all need to talk about it. Plan proactively for it. And learn from it.
As always the topics were wide ranging and included discussions about unexpected and expected deaths and their profound impact upon our lives. Death when young... death when older. The impact of grief and loss not only for ...
Death Cafe - Visalia Write up
Posted by l_burkart@yahoo.com on June 16, 2019, 8:37 p.m.
This was a beautiful Hygge group with us two veteran cafers, and two other women who find themselves alone after the death of their spouses one by cancer and the other by cardiac arrest.
Our newcomer had been holding onto our newspaper article in her purse anticipating the event.
Sharing our experiences with the death stories of our loved ones was beautifully shared in this small group with everyone being heard and appreciated.
One of the take aways from this group is we will talk about our loss for as long as we need to with no judgement or guilt.
Our next meeting will be held July 13th ...
We met 13 people, 9 women and 4 men. It was the first time for some of them, others repeated the experience. All of them came ready to hear and share their experiences about death.
A man shared with the attendees a near death experience he lived 12 years ago. Nevertheless most of the stories are related with mourning experiences. They invite us to live the present moment with more consciousness and to take an active role in our lives, instead a victim.
They spoke about the importance of not to judge and the necessity of changing the social criticism because it increases the suffering.
They said than ...
Death Cafe Nelson Write up
Posted by BarbaraGreene on June 7, 2019, 4:11 p.m.
The conversation that came up at this Death Cafe was invigorating. It was just a small group this time but the experience of being in it was so enriching.
Ha sido una experiencia maravillosa, nos hemos juntado 14 personas al rededor de una mesa, y con muchas ganas de tener un espacio para hablar de la muerte.
Han sido dos horas que se nos han hecho cortas, hemos hablado de la propia muerte y de las cosas que cada uno valora ante esto: despederse de la familia, no sufrir, ser dueño de la propia muerte, poder decir adiós, poder morir en paz con la vida que hemos tenido...
Y también hemos hablado del miedo la muerte y de la elección de poder saberlo o no.
Nos hemos quedado con ganas de más ...
Death Cafe- DPT students-Erie, pa Write up
Posted by hartmann001 on June 1, 2019, 2:15 p.m.
Healthcare students often have limited exposure to conversations about death. While out in clinic, students may have patients that pass away and the students are not always certain how deal with death. This cafe allowed us to start this conversation before going out to clinic.
Kuoleman kahvila - Death Cafe Write up
Posted by antifestival on May 29, 2019, 2:23 a.m.
We had three Death Cafe-events in March, April and May 2019 in Kuopio Finland. Each time was different; The people were different, some of them participated twice, most of the people one time. The topics of the discussion varied a lot from practical arrangements related to death to euthanasia and assisted suicide. Some of those who attended the events had been thinking about death a lot, while others had not, but received new sights on the subject. The average number of participants in the events was 20. The participants were very pleased with the events. Many felt that there is far too little talk about death in our ...
Death Cafe Kingston Write up
Posted by Death Cafe Kingston on May 28, 2019, 7:20 a.m.
It was an intimate and interesting afternoon attended by men and women from different backgrounds including palliative care, social work, marketing, mental health, funeral arrangers, Kingston University and Kingston Council.
Tea and cakes were enjoyed by all!
Discussions on a range of issues included death and serious illness, stages of dying, difficulties/ novel aspects of arranging and attending funerals, natural burial, death of a pet and the grieving process. Everyone made contributions that were listened to and valued by others and it was a privilege to participate to hear people’s thoughts ...
18 persons attended the evening Death Cafe at the downtown Lancaster Public Library. A broad range of age demographics opened conversations that were quite interesting and diverse.
This was the second Death Cafe at the Library.
Oxnard’s second Death Café was well attended, with 14 participants. It was the first Death Café experience for seven of them. Topics discussed included pet deaths, disposition alternatives, children and death, and being a caregiver to the dying. Tea and two cakes were offered, and one person brought a Death Café cookie of doom. There was much more laughter than tears at this Café, and many stayed to talk after the official end.
Deloraine Death Cafe Write up
Posted by chriscross on May 22, 2019, 7:45 p.m.
The Deloraine and Area Palliative Care committee hosted this event in the beautiful new curling rink and community hall complex. It was the perfect venue and the evening was a great success by all accounts. Those in attendance said that they were so pleased to have a safe space to come and talk openly about a topic that we tend to avoid. The committee members provided fabulous snacks and beverages which is always so nice and helps to keep things "real". Almost all of the participants said they would encourage others to attend a death cafe given the opportunity and used words such as calming, helpful, and interesting ...
'Death Cafe' Tunbridge Wells Write up
Posted by carmeldunmall on May 21, 2019, 9:26 a.m.
6 of us attended. The conversation was varied. We discussed berevement and loss. Near death exprience and dying naturally.
We also discussed the venue as last time it had been very noisy, we have decided to stay at the Trinity but have asked to check with staff if a production is on and than maybe use the art gallery.
Visalia Death Cafe Write up
Posted by l_burkart@yahoo.com on May 19, 2019, 5:41 p.m.
Crystal and I were very pleased to have the Visalia Times Delta Newspaper focus our efforts in their Inspire Section informing the community about our upcoming Death Cafe alongside another article explaining WHAT a Death Cafe is and how it got started--very helpful.
We had SIX new people at this week's cafe, and others who have expressed interest. Our discussion was lively, informative, and at times, tender. I asked permission from one of the ladies to share the following story:
Great group of women and men with meaningful and interesting discussion about topics surrounding End-of-Life (EOL). I want to share just one story I thought was touching ...
This was my 3rd visit to the Death Cafe in Kendal but this time with the added pleasure of being accompanied by my 85 year old father and my eldest sister and her husband who happened to be staying with us for the week.
Two groups of about 8 people each were formed and I was in one with my father whilst my sister and her husband were in the other. This was our deliberate choice to maximise our discussions as we already discuss the subjects of death and dying amongst ourselves - though not that frequently!
My father found it quite a liberating experience to talk freely to ...
Death Cafe Edmonton Write up
Posted by Gina Vliet on May 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m.
With a new batch of curious Café-ers due to recent newspaper and radio coverage, we kicked off the meeting with a round table of introductions and the question: “What are you here for?” Two prevailing themes emerged: curiosity, and a need to understand how to begin conversations about death.
Dividing the group into two due to size, they began animated discussions about what was on their minds. Death doulas, hospice and palliative care, suicide, and grief were discussed.
Halfway through, so that everyone got a chance to hear different perspectives, I had the groups stretch and shuffle. An understanding that everyone’s coming to the topic of ...