Learn about creating opportunities in your community for conversations about death.
My guest Stefanie Elkins is a Family Caregiver Consultant, end-of-life doula, founder of Be Present Care, and the creator of Death Over Drafts, a community event held at breweries across the country to spark meaningful conversations around death and dying. She’ll share her experience bringing end-of-life conversations to community spaces where people naturally gather and how we can make a difference in someone’s end-of-life journey by helping them talk about death and grief. Learn more about Stefanie’s work at her website:
This episode includes:
- How Stefanie helps patients and families at the end of life
- What inspired Death Over Drafts
- Who attends Death Over Drafts and examples of the conversations that have taken place
- Why conversations about death are important
- Why we need to meet people where they are and bring death education to various venues and spaces
- How to bring Death Over Drafts to your own community
- Why end-of-life workers need to do their own work planning for the end of life
- How families can support the aging and prepare for the inevitable
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Register for Death Over Drafts on May 19th (Torrance CA)
- For more information: https://www.deathoverdrafts.com/
- Silent Book Club of Death: https://silentbookclub.substack.com/p/silent-book-club-of-death
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