Upcoming Webinars & Workshops
Setting Your Elder Years Up for Living Safely in Your Own Home, with special guest Corina Stainsby
FREE - Please register. Join us online to learn options for care in BC for aging at home, with special guest Corina Stains, real estate specialist in seniors’ housing.
Empowering Patients Workshop 2: How to Determine + Communicate Your Values, Beliefs + Wishes for Future Medical Care
FREE - please register. Join us in person for to learn how to determine your own values, beliefs and preferences for future health care, then how to share them with your loved ones and healthcare providers.
Empowering Patients Workshop 3: Create Your Medical Representation Agreement Document
FREE - please register. Join us in-person for a hands on workshop to prepare your Medical Representation Agreement. You will leave this meeting with this important document completed and healthcare-ready.
Empowering Patients Workshop 1: Understanding Advance Medical Care Planning
FREE - please register. Join us in person to learn about the umbrella of documentation needed, and courageous conversations that are recommended, for planning ahead for medical care.
Why Planning Your Own Celebration of Life Really Is Important, with Special Guest Lisa Hartley
FREE - Please register. Join us for this special presentation with Lisa Hartley, a wedding officiant and Life Cycle Celebrant® who will share with us how to create your own celebration of life with your values and beliefs in mind.
You Want to Do What With My Body? A Special Presentation with Koru Cremation + Burial
FREE - Please register. Join us online for a lively conversation on the top ten things people worry about regarding after-death care and services, with special guest Ngaio Davis of Koru Cremation, Burial and Ceremony.
Planning Ahead Pt. 4: Write Your Advance Medical Care Directives & Representation Agreement
FREE - please register. Must have attended previous 2 workshops, or watched the replays - click for links. This is a hands on workshop to prepare your Advance Medical Care Directive and Representation Agreement documents. You will leave this meeting with beautiful, healthcare-ready documents.
The 5 Ws of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): Who? What? When? Where? Why? ...and How? - with Special Guest Alex Muir
FREE - please register. Understand all of your legal choices in Canada, including Medical Assistance in Dying with a focus on dementia, and Advance Requests.
Planning Ahead Pt. 3 - Understanding Heroics, CPR and Other Levels of Resuscitation
FREE - please register. It is vital to understand terms used for resuscitation before a health crisis. You will leave with an understanding of what your preferences for resuscitation are, and what is appropriate for where you are in your health journey.
Series Pt. 2 - Understanding Advance Care Planning, and Determining Your Values & Beliefs
FREE - please register. Join us online to learn about the umbrella of documentation and courageous conversations that are recommended for planning ahead, plus how to determine your values, beliefs and preferences for future health care, then share them with your loved ones and healthcare providers.
Series Pt. 1 - Navigating the BC Healthcare System: Understanding Community, Hospital, Home Care & Residential Care
FREE - please register. Join us online for this important workshop on understanding care in hospital, discharge planning, and the differences between private and publicly-subsidized home care services and residential care.
What Does a Death Doula Do? A Special Presentation
FREE - please register. Join us 6:30PM PST for a special presentation on understanding the role of death doulas, in partnership with The Death Doula Network.
Navigating the BC Health Care System Luncheon
$10 includes lunch, please register. Join us in-person for this important workshop on understanding care in hospital, discharge planning, and the differences between private and publicly-subsidized home care services and residential care.
Legacy Projects Anyone Can Do, with special guest Christa Overnell
FREE - please register. Join us for a lovely online discussion of legacy projects, what they are, and why you need to do one, in partnership with Christa Overnell from Death’s Apprentice.
Navigating the BC Health Care System
FREE. Join us in-person for this important workshop on understanding care in hospital, discharge planning, and the differences between private and publicly-subsidized home care services and residential care.
Understanding Lifesaving Wearable Technologies, with special guest Denise Ropp
FREE - Please register. Please join us online for a special presentation on understanding how wearable technologies can save your life, with special guest Denise Ropp, advocate and wearable technologies coach.
Empowering Patients Workshop 3: Write Your Directives & Representation Agreements
FREE - please register. Must have attended previous 2 workshops. A hands on workshop to prepare your Advance Care Directive and Representation Agreement documents, and have them signed.
Empowering Patients Workshop 2: Determine Your Values & Beliefs
FREE - please register. Determine your values, beliefs and preferences for future health care. By the end of this in-person session, you will understand your own values and beliefs, and be able to write your own Letter of Wishes for Medical Care.
Aging in Place (Pt.2): Understanding Advance Care-Planning
FREE - please register. Join us in-person for a 2 hour overview of ACP documents, understanding resuscitation and levels of treatment, determining your own values and beliefs, and an introduction to writing a Letter of Wishes for Medical Care.
Empowering Patients Workshop 1: Understanding Advance Care Planning
FREE - please register. Understand the umbrella of documentation and courageous conversations that are recommended for planning ahead, and share them with loved ones and your healthcare team.
Aging in Place (Pt.1): Navigating the BC Healthcare System, with a Focus on Home Care
FREE, please register. In this in-person 2 hour session, you will learn about getting the best care in the community, in the ER, and in hospital, with a special focus on home care.
Navigating the Senior Living Journey
FREE, please register. Join Connie in-person for her presentation on "Navigating the Senior Living Journey", as a part of an incredible line-up of speakers.
Empowering Patients Workshop: Understanding Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), with Alex Muir, Dying with Dignity Canada
FREE, please register. Join us in-person to understand all of your legal choices in Canada for end of life planning, including Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) and upcoming legislation, including Advance Requests.
Complete Your Letter of Wishes for Healthcare
You will leave this meeting with a beautiful, healthcare-ready document.
Understand Heroics, CPR & Levels of Care
There is a lot of misunderstanding or lack of understanding about what these terms mean and it is vital to understand them before a health crisis. You will leave with an understanding of what your preferences for health care are and what is appropriate for where you are in your health journey.
Determine Your Values & Beliefs and Preferences for Future Health Care
Determine Your Values & Beliefs and Preferences for Future Health Care: By the end of this webinar, you will understand your own values and beliefs and be able to write your own Letter of Medical Wishes.
Understanding Advance Care Planning
Advance Care-Planning: the umbrella of documentation and courageous conversations with loved ones and your healthcare team.
"The End of Life: Here, There, and Everywhere”, Part 3 - ‘Everywhere’,” presented by Sean Szutka, student grief counsellor
Please join us, and learn all that is involved with the choices that exist at end of life. This isn't an easy topic, but one that generates a lot of interest. This session is a natural evolution of the previous session.
Navigating the BC Healthcare System: Community, Hospital, Home Care & Residential Care
Understanding the BC Healthcare System Part 1: Our Healthcare System is complex, fragmented and siloed. In this 2-hour session you will learn about getting the best care in the community, in the ER, and in hospital.
"The End of Life: Here, There, and Everywhere”, Part 2 - ‘There’,” presented by Sean Szutka, student grief counsellor
Please join us, and learn all that is involved with the choices that exist at end of life. This isn't an easy topic, but one that generates a lot of interest. This session is a natural evolution of the previous session.
Understand Choice at End of Life with a focus on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
Special Guest Speaker: Alex Muir, Chair Metro Vancouver Dying with Dignity Canada
It is more important than ever to be proactive and be assertive, and plan in all possible ways for the way you want your story to end. Understand all of your legal choices in Canada, including Medical Assistance in Dying and upcoming legislation, including Advance Requests.
‘Anticipatory Grief Workshop’, presented by Heather Carrell, student grief counsellor
Please join us, and learn all that is involved with the choices that exist at end of life. This isn't an easy topic, but one that generates a lot of interest. This session is a natural evolution of the previous session.