Link to the IACP website: http://acpelsociety.com/
This one minute film clip was also shared;
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More good news…
The Conversations for Life programme is proving effective, inspiring and engaging the public, staff and communities in one of the most significant conversations of our time. Getting the care we want for our future depends on starting these conversations now. How do we know….
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Winter Greetings
Want some good news? We all want the best for our future care Although it doesn’t make the news, the public, staff, professionals, and commissioners all share this common goal. All care starts with conversations- between families, staff, systems, and communities. As you reflect on your year, remembering those you care for, may you be reminded of precious moments shared and conversations that made a difference-but didn’t make the news. Look who’s starting the conversations….
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Patients, Families, Carers…..A Call To Share Your Views
Are you a patient, carer or family member living in the Northwest? This is a chance to help professionals learn from your experience and improve end of life care for the future. The University of Central Lancashire would like to hear your views as part of a study to improve end of life care education for health and social care staff in the future. To take part please contact Dr. Terri O’Brien at 01772 892730 or download the PDF flyer attached.
Welcome to our new website!
We are delighted to be able to launch the Conversations for Life Programme with this new website!
Five years ago I held a conversation with my own mother that changed everything for her last days of living and I dreamt of being able to provide others with the information and tools to support what they want for their families and communities. Last year, with the support of many others, we developed and launched The Cumbria Conversations for Life pilot programme in collaboration with NHS Cumbria to help break the taboo Read the rest of this entry »
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Excerpt from “One Woman’s Choice” (c) 2005
“I guess I’ve known I was coming to the end of my life, but I was avoiding it. I don’t want to struggle anymore.” My mother was speaking from her heart and I was listening.
It was just an ordinary day when my mother and I had the most important conversation of our lives. She was chronically but not terminally ill at the time, we did not speak about advance directives, and she was not asking for physician-assisted suicide. Yet to my profound awe, 10 days later, she died at home.
The following days were a mix of emotions and more, entering the most profound process of her life on her terms.
It took a team to support her wishes.
It took her courageous knowing and choice to call us all to what was needed most
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E-Patients Interview: Mary Matthiesen, Conversations for Life
by Jon Lebkowsky on July 31, 2008
Mary Matthiesen, founder of Conversations for Life, has 17 years of front-line experience in healthcare, end of life care, and executive leadership. She’s a transpersonal educator, coach, and community facilitator, raising awareness and promoting social change in support of living and dying well. Mary and I recently discussed her focus on end of life care, and its relevance for e-patients.
Jon Lebkowsky: What led to your focus on end of life experience?
Mary Matthiesen: If I had to pinpoint a moment, it was in a hospital hallway, listening to a father tell me with pride about his daughter’s life and how much he loved her as she lay in a bed down the hall. It was her ‘dying wish’ to be an organ donor if possible. She was in her 40’s and had a brain injury that led to “brain death’-(a legal definition of death in the U.S). We were awaiting, together, the outcome of some lab tests to see if she could be an organ donor as her parents knew she’d wanted.
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