Past Meetings

2024
  • February, "Preserve the Legacy You've Built,”  Nechama Minkowicz
  • March, "Assisted Dying," Barak Wolff and Sherry Burns
  • April, "Your Song" bedside singers
  • May, "When You Slow Down, Your Life Becomes More Exciting,” Judith Fein
  • June, In-home Care in New Mexico, Ellen London
  • July, Santa Fe Mobile,”  Dr. Joel Rosen & Dr. Stewart Anderson
  • August, "Aging: A Natural Process,”  Dianne Deloren 
  • September, "Estate Management,”  Brenda Mares 
  • October, “An update on Alzheimer's and Dementia,” David Davis
  • November, “Solo Aging,”  Josephine Levy
  • December, “Legacy Writing and the Power of Story” Hollis Walker

2023
  • January,  Ceremony on Grief & Loss, ChrisTina Simek
  • February, My Life Through the Seasons, Karin Lubin
  • March, Changes in Cancer Care, Jennifer Porter & Janet Smith
  • April, The Latest Developments in Palliative Care,  Janet Smith, RN
  • May, Cannabis as an Herbal Medicine, Len Goodman
  • July, Wondering What to Do with All Your Things? Karen Hyatt
  • August, "Medical Aid in Dying," Rabbi Jack Shlachter
  • September, Remembering Denys Cope
  • October, Community Palliative Care, Janet Smith
  • November, The Dimensions of Wellness, David Davis

2021
  • January, Ceremony led by ChrisTina Maestas-Simek
  • February, Resilience, Eileen Joyce
  • March, Brain Health, David Davis
  • April, Group dicussion on NDE's
  • May, Medical Aid in Dying, Barak Wolff 
  • ​June, Creating More Quality of Life
  • July,  Seniors Coping with the Pandemic, Robert Benjamin
  • Aug, How Covid Has Affected Our Lives, Eileen Joyce
  • Sept. Can Cannabis be of Value, Len Goodman
  • Oct. Medical Aid in Dying: Our New Law, How It’s Going, and Where It Fits In, Barak Wolff
  • ​Nov. OLD PHOTOGRAPHS:  From Hidden Boxes to Living Legacy, Karen Lievense 
  • Dec. Not Planning to Die with The Kominsky Method, Gail Rubin

2020
  • January, 2020 Dying A Natural Passage, Denys Cope
  • February, Guided Imagery of Dying Process, Karen K. Milstein
  • September, Hospice for Humanity, Karin Thron, MD
  • October, What You Need to Know Before You Go, Carolyn Moore
  • November, Group discussion on Covid-19


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