Past Meetings

2020

2019

January, What our Animals Have to Teach Us About Life and Death Lisa Farrand and Ulla Pederson
February, Long Distance Caregiving Presenter: Lisa Heather Imahoff, MSW
March, Perspectives on The Afterlife or the Lack Thereof Rabbi Berel Levertov, Chaplain Owen Kunkle
April, Peace of Mind - Knowing your Legacy is Protected Betsy Ehrenberg
May, How To Be With Children in Grief Katrina Koehler
June, Death/Funerals In The Age Of The Internet Tim Rivera
July, End of Life Options for Managing Choice Barak Wolff, Denys Cope
August, Casa Cielo, End-of-Life Residence Frances Salles and Rev. Hollis Walker
September, So Many Choices on the Menu Thomas E.Brown lll
October, Dispelling the Myths about Palliative Care Janet Smith RN
November, As A Death Doula When Spirit Speaks, I Listen. What is A Death Doula? ChrisTina Maestas-Simek
December, "Your Song" Bedside Singers Terese Sanchez

2018

January Get Your Financial Life in Order before You Die Ann Christensen
February Suicide...The S Word Stigma...Shame...Survival
March Wondering What to Do With All Your Things? Too Much Stuff? We Can Help. Karen Hyatt and Chris Romero
April Hospice in an Era of Medicare Cutbacks: Updates and Speculations on the Future of Hospice and Palliative Care. Karin Thron MD
May Green Burials/In-Home Funerals. Jody Herrington
June Living and Dying Consciously Karen K. Milstein, PhD, LISW
July Living Fully Every Day and Being Ready to Go Presenters: Longtime Doorways members
August Medical Cannabis at End-of-Life Presenter: Gina Lucero RN
September Dying, Dignity and Dementia Presenter: David Davis
October Medical Aid in Dying: Is New Mexico Ready? Presenter: Barak Wolff
November Homeopathy for Hospice Presenter: Lia Bello
December "Your Song" Bedside Singers

2017

January, 2017 What is Your Relationship to Death? Eileen Joyce and Janet Mandel
February 2017 Interacting with Emergency Medical Technicians Andrés Mercado
March 2017 Palliative Care Update Jan Jahner, RN-BC, CHPN, PMO
April 2017 LOOKING BACK… HEALING THE PRESENT: Bob Dorsett
June 2017 Having the Conversation: It’s all about you, your health and how you want to live! Joan Gibson and Revathi A-Davidson
July 2017 Celebrating Santa Fe Doorways
September 2017 Long-Distance Love: Caregiving from Afar Presenter: Rev. Hollis Walker, Clinical Chaplain
October 2017 Disenfranchised Grief We Hold Inside, and Grief About the Outside World. Eileen Joyce
November 2017 Get your Financial Life in Order Before You Die So You Can Live Now, Ann Christensen
December 2017 "Your Song" bedside singers

2016

March, 2016 Meeting Caring Giving Needs For Our Friends, Neighbors and Selves, Denys Cope, Janet Schreiber, Sheila Doan-Benyon
April, 2016 Baby Boomers, (Silver Tsunami) are Changing Death in Our Society: The Industry’s New Twists in How the Boomers are Shaping the Landscape Around Death, Tim Rivera and ChrisTina Simek
May 2016 Dying a Natural Passage, Talk about the actual journey with the dying process. Denys Cope, RN, BSN, MSS
June, 2016 Supporting Children as They Cope with Serious Family Illness
The Stepping Stones program at Gerard’s House. JJ Tellatin and Francine Kern
July, 2016 A discussion on the book and film: "Being Mortal" by Dr. Atul Gawande. Presenters: Eileen Joyce and Caroline Burnett
August, 2016 Geshe Sherab, Resident Geshe, Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe
October 2016, Use of Medical Marijuana-Part 2 Presenter: Roni Stephenson, Cannabis Educator
November 2016, Palliative Care in Santa Fe Update Jan Jahner
December 2016, Meeting the Liminal with Luminosity, Judith Shotwell

Past Meetings - 2015

Homeopathy for Hospice, Lia Bello, Homeopathic Family Nurse Practitioner
Empowering Ourselves to Heal , Rev. Hollis Walker, Clinical Chaplain
Learning to Spiritually Connect During the End of Life Journey, Wendy Jordan, Reiki Master
The Healing Role of the Celebrant When Approaching Life’s End and Beyond, ChrisTina Simek, Certified Life Cycle Celebrant
Dying A Natural Passage, Denys Cope, RN, BSN
Engaging Grief: Re-turning From Loss to Life, Owen Kunkle, MA PMS Hospice Pastoral And Bereavement Counselor
The New Document For Advance Directives: The MOST Form, Amy Fredrick’s and Kristin St. Clair, Palliative Care CSV
Medicare and How it Covers End of Life Care Costs, Robert Meinershagen, Volunteer Benefits Councilor
End of Life comfort of persons with severe cognitive impairment, Jytte Lokvig, PhD
Immortality: Fantasy or Fact, Larry Dosey
Life Songs: Cultivating the Place Where Poetry Meets Social Justice, Alyshia Shaw, Vanessa Torres