2021 A Conversation About COVID and the End-Of-Life Experience
Watch this informative, helpful, and inspiring program on how serious illness and end of life is different during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this 90-minute presentation you will hear experts talk about, palliative care during COVID, good communication with doctors and family, how families are coping with a loved one with COVID, sorting through your feelings when someone is sick, how to cope with grief after losing someone to COVID, memorial challenges during shelter in place, and new end-of-life rituals like creating an “ofrenda” (Day of the Dead home altar) with a collection of objects placed on a ritual display to honor a person who has died.
Presenters:
- Wendell Harry, MD – Natividad Medical Center
- Joy Smith, RN, MSN – CHOMP
- Ed Horsley, MDiv – Central Coast VNA & Hospice
- José G. Ortiz, Hijos del Sol Arts Productions
This Workshop Was Held And Recorded On Thursday, January 28, 2021
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