Podcasts about dyingmatters

Warning: Discussions around suicide and assisted dying. If you need someone to talk to, call the Samaritans on 116 123. It happens to everybody but nobody wants to talk about it: the irony is, it's often the not talking about death that makes it such a terrible thing.For our season finale, we bring you a special-length investigation into the real-life consequences of silence and stigma around dying. Doctors are restricted by it, patients isolated and otherised for it, families unable to prepare and grieve properly, and those who want choice about how they die are denied it and even criminalised. Media Storm speaks to families and individuals affected by terminal illness and grief about the choices and conversations they'd like to have more of.The episode is hosted by Mathilda Mallinson (@mathildamall) and Helena Wadia (@helenawadia), with research by Eliza Mellor. The music is by @soundofsamfire. With special thanks to On Road Media. Guests: Ellie Ball @wee_ellsterDignity in Dying @dignityindyingDr Finella Craig, Great Ormond Street Hospital @GreatOrmondStSimon Blake @simonblakeHospice UK's Dying Matters Campaign @hospiceuk @DyingMattersAongola's Story https://bit.ly/3uDnX4N Resources:On Road Media's Children's Palliative Care project: https://bit.ly/3FyNdiYJessie May Children's Hospices at Home: jessiemay.org.ukTogether For Short Lives: https://bit.ly/2s8yYuuSimon Blake's blog https://bit.ly/3izLxNaSisters & Brothers: Stories about the death of a sibling, by Julie Bentley and Simon Blake https://amzn.to/3VCFcPGSources:Terminal illness and 'suicide' https://bit.ly/3XZpPmdONS findings https://bit.ly/3PgtmZdBrits assisted dying in Switzerland https://bit.ly/3BgRGEEPalliative care funding https://bit.ly/3iLIDoLPalliative care access https://bit.ly/3W0Qo8wPalliative care and life expectancy https://bit.ly/3FBCZP7British public opinions https://bit.ly/3iLIUrNYouGov poll https://bit.ly/3uuybojGet in touch:Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/mediastormpodor Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mediastormpodor Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@mediastormpodlike us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MediaStormPodsend us an email mediastormpodcast@gmail.comcheck out our website https://mediastormpodcast.com Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/media-storm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olga is a death educator, certified in Thanatology, the study of death, dying, loss and bereavement. She is the founder and director of DyingMatters.ca and provides educational presentations and workshops on death, dying, loss and bereavement. She is one of the founding faculty members of the BEyond Yonder Virtual School for Death Midwifery in Canada. Olga has over 20 years of experience in health care, serving as a regional Hospice Palliative Care Planner, community palliative care nurse and healthcare educator. Her educational history includes a bachelor degree in Anthropology and Psychology, a Master’s degree in Religion and Culture, and an interdisciplinary certificate in palliative care. As a death educator Olga continues to gain knowledge in the field of spiritual care, death, dying and living. Olga is thrilled to be part of the We Can Die Better movement in Canada, contributing her experience, knowledge and passion.What makes Olga a great mentor is her ability to recognize that we all posses our own inner wisdom when it comes to death, dying, loss and bereavement, and that being a mentor is to assist in the expansion of that wisdom by offering new information, knowledge and insight. “I have learned much from my own mentors, teachers and guides, and strive to provide a non-judgemental approach to guide anyone in their own personal learning.”Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/death-by-design. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this segment, we paid a visit to Maia Shamir at the Alief Store, in order to take a moment to dive deep with her about the concept of Death and Dying. Death is the thing human beings have most in common (besides life) because none of us are exempt from it. DyingMatters.org states, "The goal of care for people who are dying focuses on helping them enjoy as good quality of life as possible." So, enjoy the depth that we journeyed down during today's episode about yet another topic effecting households and communities around the world.  For more updates, follow @givelovetohumanity on instagram. Also, stay tuned for next weeks Friday Try Day episode at 5p.m. central! Special thanks to Maia Shamir! Music -  Chill/R&B Guitar Type Beat - Ocean Pink February 6, 2020

Welcome to Heart to Heart with Hospice Quinte. Each episode we have important and worthwhile conversations about hospice palliative care and end of life issues. Your host, Jennifer May-Anderson, tackles the tough issues with tenderness and the difficult discussions with dignity. This episode, Jennifer is joined by Olga Nikolajev, a death educator, and the founder and director of DyingMatters.ca, to discuss death doulas.About Hospice Quinte Hospice Quinte assists terminally ill individuals and their caregivers by offering them support and companionship. Visiting hospice services are offered in the person’s own home, long term care homes, retirement homes and both Belleville General and Trenton Memorial Hospitals. This care is provided by trained, experienced, and compassionate volunteers. Bereavement support groups are also offered. There are no fees for services to patients and their families. Hospice Quinte is a registered, non-profit charity whose volunteers are the heart of the organization. The Hospice Quinte service area includes Quinte West, Belleville, Deseronto, Tyendinaga Township and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. To find out more visit HospiceQuinte.ca.Support the show (https://www.cognitoforms.com/HospiceQuinte/donatetohospicequinte)

Gary Andrews didn't expect to have to face the fact of death as soon as he did. He was away on a business trip when his wife Joy died suddenly, and he and his two children had to face grief head on.  As an illustrator and an animator, Gary had already been working on a 'Doodle a Day' series to share with friends and family. After Joy died, the drawings became a way to for him to process his grief and chronicle his new life as a widower. They've been viewed by thousands of people on social media.  Follow Gary: [@garyscribbler](https://twitter.com/GaryScribbler) **Dying Matters online** Twitter: [@dyingmatters](https://twitter.com/DyingMatters) Facebook: [www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/](https://www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/?ref=br_rs) Instagram: [@DyingMatters](https://www.instagram.com/dyingmatters/) Dying Matters is a part of Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and palliative care. Charity registered in England and Wales No. 1014851, and in Scotland No. SC041112.

Continuing out chat with podcaster, columnist and influencer, Deborah James (aka Bowel Babe), from the podcast 'You, Me and The Big C'.  Debs is living with Stage 4 bowel cancer and is constantly battling to stay alive, but with such vigour! Discussing how you deal with the tricky news of cancer, living with it, trying to talk about death and why that helps. Plus, Jennie reveals far too much information about herself. Wait til the very end... 

This week, Jennie's had another life change. Plus we launch into a pretty savage attack on the Co-op, get stuck into Game of Thrones (no spoilers), bin bags, Jane McDonald and death.  We're also joined by the incredibly inspiring podcaster, columnist and influencer, Deborah James (aka Bowel Babe), from the podcast 'You, Me and The Big C'. This week is 'Dying Matters' week, which is about opening up the conversation around death, to help us deal with it better and with grief. Debs is living with Stage 4 bowel cancer and is constantly battling to stay alive, but with such vigour! We discuss how you deal with the tricky news of cancer, living with it, trying to talk about death and why it helps to and her outlook on life now.      

For the first episode of our new season, we're talking to Dr Rachel Clarke, a palliative care doctor and former journalist who gained widespread notoriety as a leading campaigner in the junior doctors dispute of 2016.  We chat to Rachel about what it's like to be a doctor who works with dying people every day, and why she believes it's so important for all of us to talk more openly about death and dying.  Follow Rachel [@doctor_oxford](https://twitter.com/doctor_oxford?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)  Rachel's book: ['Your Life in My Hands'](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Life-Hands-Rachel-Clarke/dp/1786064510) **Dying Matters online** Twitter: [@dyingmatters](https://twitter.com/DyingMatters) Facebook: [www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/](https://www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/?ref=br_rs) Instagram: [@DyingMatters](https://www.instagram.com/dyingmatters/) Find Dying Matters events in your area with our [Awareness Week Map](https://www.dyingmatters.org/page/map-awareness-week-events-2019). Dying Matters is a part of Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and palliative care. Registered in England and Wales No. 2751549. Charity registered in England and Wales No. 1014851, and in Scotland No. SC041112. VAT No 731 304476.

Most of us are more likely to only start talking about death and dying as we get older - as the prospect gets nearer, more familiar, maybe even more relatable. However, as we all know, death doesn't just come for us at the end of a long life. It happens to the young too.  Our guests this week passionately believe that it's really important to include the voices of young people in conversations about death and dying. Lucy Watts was told that her health and mobility problems were life-limiting when she was seventeen. Ever since then, she has become an advocate for young people who need palliative and end of life care, arguing that they have specific needs that cannot be met by children's or adult's services alone. We dig into what those needs are, as well as Lucy's own beliefs around death and dying, and why she challenges other people in her life to think and talk about it in the same way that she has had to. We also hear from Debbie Young and Joanie Speers, who worked with Gentle Dusk in Islington to set up a death cafe just for young people, providing them with their own space to talk about death and dying.  Theme music is by Bernadette Ryan. Find out more about Lucy Watts on her blog:  [http://www.lucy-watts.co.uk/](http://www.lucy-watts.co.uk/) Find out more about Gentle Dusk: [http://www.gentledusk.org.uk/ ](http://www.gentledusk.org.uk/) **Dying Matters online:** Twitter: @dyingmatters Facebook: [www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/](https://www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/) Instagram: @DyingMatters  Dying Matters is a part of Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and palliative care. Registered in England and Wales No. 2751549. Charity registered in England and Wales No. 1014851, and in Scotland No. SC041112. VAT No 731 304476.

If you've been to a hospice before, then you'll know that they are amazing places. Hospices don't just provide nursing care for the dying, or the terminally ill. Since the founding of the first modern hospice in 1967, their work has grown to encompass rehabilitative therapies, emotional counselling, and even bereavement support for families, alongside excellent clinical care. The mission of a hospice is to improve quality of life and wellbeing, so that every patient can enjoy whatever time they have left to the full.  This modern incarnation of hospice and palliative care was the vision of one woman: Cicely Saunders. In the 1940s, Cicely was a nurse who believed that medicine was failing to provide adequate and compassionate care to people who were dying, and it was this belief that led her to pioneer new methods of palliative care that totally redefined how we care for the dying.  Cicely died in 2005, but in this episode we're lucky enough to talk to a colleague of hers, Mary Baines, who worked with her, and witnessed the birth of the modern hospice movement. The story Mary tells is a story about how one woman's compassion and conviction brought about lasting and revolutionary change, and it's a great one.  And for all the hospice staff out there - make sure you listen to the end! There's a song included, courtesy of the Swansong Project, just for you.  Theme music is by Bernadette Ryan. 'Hospice Family': Written and recorded by Victoria Kent, Kathy Roebuck and Ben Buddy Slack at Marie Curie Hospice Bradford 25/09/17.  Find out more about the Swansong Project at [www.swansongproject.co.uk](https://www.swansongproject.co.uk/) **Dying Matters online:** Twitter: @dyingmatters Facebook: [www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/](https://www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/) Instagram: @DyingMatters Dying Matters is a part of Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and palliative care. Registered in England and Wales No. 2751549. Charity registered in England and Wales No. 1014851, and in Scotland No. SC041112. VAT No 731 304476.

Have you ever pictured what your own funeral will look like? The stock image we're given in films and popular culture has all the mourners dressed in black, facing a coffin at the head of a church or standing around it in a graveyard. But funerals are becoming increasingly diverse, as people move away from the traditional models towards something that is much more bespoke and personalised.  Jane Harris, one of our guests this week, realised that none of the options presented to her for her son Josh's funeral felt right for her and her family. Instead, they decided to do it themselves. Jane talks us through that process, and how her and her husband, Jimmy, were able to turn such a tragic occasion into something positive and meaningful with the film they made about the day. Today, Jane and Jimmy continue to explore grief and bereavement through filmmaking with the Good Grief Project. We also hear from Hasina Zaman, Director of Compassionate Funerals. Hasina set up her funeral business because she wanted her diverse London community to be able to access completely bespoke services that were appropriate for their personal preferences, religions, and cultures.  The message Jane and Hasina have is clear: when it comes to organising a funeral, you can do it your way.  Theme music is by Bernadette Ryan. Find out more about The Good Grief Project at www.thegoodgriefproject.co.uk Find out more about Compassionate Funerals at www.compassionatefunerals.co.uk **Dying Matters online:** Twitter: @dyingmatters  Facebook: [www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/](www.facebook.com/DyingMatters) Instagram: @DyingMatters  Dying Matters is a part of Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and palliative care. Registered in England and Wales No. 2751549. Charity registered in England and Wales No. 1014851, and in Scotland No. SC041112. VAT No 731 304476.

What songs do you want played at your funeral? Whether you have a full playlist already planned, or are planning on using a book of hymnals, we can all agree that music is incredibly important to us. This week, we talk to two people who are using music to help people at the end of life. Andy Lowndes is the founder of Playlist for Life, an organisation that uses music to help improve the care for people with dementia, and helps them stay connected with their families and precious memories. We also talk to Ben Slack, founder of the Swansong Project, who writes songs for hospice patients about their lives. We're even able to share one of them with you - make sure you listen until the end! Theme music is by Bernadette Ryan. 'When You're Gone, You're Gone': Written and recorded by Raymond Kemp and Ben Buddy Slack at Marie Curie Hospice Bradford 28/01/17. Find out more about Playlist for Life at [www.playlistforlife.org.uk](https://www.playlistforlife.org.uk/) Find out more about the Swansong Project at [www.swansongproject.co.uk](https://www.swansongproject.co.uk/) **Dying Matters online:  ** Twitter: @dyingmatters Facebook: [www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/](https://www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/) Instagram: @DyingMatters Dying Matters is a part of Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and palliative care. Registered in England and Wales No. 2751549. Charity registered in England and Wales No. 1014851, and in Scotland No. SC041112. VAT No 731 304476.

Why should we be talking about death and dying? For the first episode of our new series, we talk to two people who have decided to spend their time helping others to have those difficult conversations. Megan Mooney, who runs a death cafe, and Barbara Altounyan, the Hospice Biographer, tell us about their work and explain just why having these conversations is so important for all of us. Theme music is by Bernadette Ryan. Find out more about death cafes at [www.deathcafe.com](http://deathcafe.com/) Find out more about the Hospice Biographers at [www.thehospicebiographers.com/](https://www.thehospicebiographers.com/) **Dying Matters online:** Twitter: @dyingmatters Facebook: [www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/](https://www.facebook.com/DyingMatters/) Instagram: @DyingMatters Dying Matters is a part of [Hospice UK](https://www.hospiceuk.org/), the national charity for hospice care. Registered in England and Wales No. 2751549. Charity registered in England and Wales No. 1014851, and in Scotland No. SC041112.   VAT No 731 304476.