Death Cafe write-ups
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 ...
Death Cafe Wirral Write up
Posted by Martin Poole on May 14, 2019, 9:42 a.m.
On the 8th May 2019 I hosted my first Death Cafe event at Hoylake Parade Community Centre. It seems to have gone down well, so future events are planned on a bi-monthly basis at various venues on the Wirral and we’ll see how that goes.
The community centre kindly provided us with the space for free. Tea, coffee and cakes were on sale and most of the 24 attendees took advantage of this by making a purchase. I envisage future events to work in the same way.
I posted details of the event on various websites where I could post for free and copied the details to ...
Four of us met for the May meeting of the Colliers Wood Death Café during which we acknowledged Dying Matters and the information event ‘Doing Death Differently - Are We Ready?’ the CWDC hosted at the Tooting Bec Lido Pavilion on Saturday morning.
Two of us had not been to this, or any other Death Café before. Having acknowledged the background to the movement, and the ethos of the meetings, we began to talk about a theme which ran throughout the meeting around forgiveness.
We talked about forgiveness rituals, and how important these might be at the end of life – both for the dying, and for those they leave ...
Death Cafe Carlisle Write up
Posted by TracyWardCelebrant on May 12, 2019, 2:32 a.m.
It is nearly a year since we had our first meeting and this little cafe has gone from strength to strength.
This meeting had 11 people from all walks of life interested in all walks of death. Funeral directors, local coroners court, solicitors, celebrants, a local poet and recently bereaved. Eclectic begins to cover our band.
We always state that it is not a support group but often experiencing a close death triggers thoughts of mortality in ones own life. I think it's reall important to remember the responsibility to keep people safe in the discussions. As a host you don't often know about the people ...
Hello,
I am extremely interested in attending a session. I find death simultaneously difficult yet fascinating, and feel it would be an incredibly interesting experience to discuss the topic with strangers.
Hoping to be admitted for the session tonight!
Death Cafe Nelson New Zealand Write up
Posted by BarbaraGreene on May 5, 2019, 3:31 a.m.
this was a wonderful session with 3 people having their first Death Cafe experience. They all said they were keen to keep coming too. There was also a good bunch of attendees who have returned many times now. It is so lovely to facilitate this when so many people get so much out of it. Comments this time include:-
Great opportunity to listen, talk, share
and . . . Always helpful, thank you.
Barbara