Our Open Day on Friday 10th May for Dying Matters Awareness week is a chance to talk to our staff from 10am-3pm to encourage people to get talking in whatever way, shape or form works for them.
This year’s theme, ‘The way we talk about Dying Matters’, focuses on the language that we use, and conversations we have, around death and dying – specifically between healthcare professionals and patients, their carers and their families.
The way we talk about Dying Matters
Honest, timely conversations about death and dying are essential to good end of life care. Yet all too often barriers, including lack of confidence, taboos around discussing death, and confusion about who should be having these conversations mean patients, carers and families may not understand what is happening, or get all the information and support they need.
We’re sharing what the public think about how language used by healthcare professionals has affected end of life experiences, and sharing stories from people who are dying, and the families of people who have died.
The brilliant people who work in our 200+ hospices around the UK are experts in death, dying, and end of life care. So we’re asking them to share their tips and advice on how to start honest, transparent conversations about death and dying to help people feel informed, supported, and empowered at one of the most vulnerable times of their lives.
This Dying Matters Awareness Week, we’re helping communities around the UK to come together to talk about having those end of life conversations, whether with their healthcare professionals – or families, friends and colleagues.
Because the way we talk about Dying Matters.
Details
Free Entry
Guided Tours with staff and volunteers
Opportunity to explore the garden project
Caffi Cariad is available for breakfast, lunch, hot drinks, cake and snacks throughout the day.