The To Absent Friends small grants scheme supports community groups to host activities all over Scotland during the festival (1-7 November). Get your application in by 2 September: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/smal...
Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief
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GLGDGG is part of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care's work to improve experiences of death, dying and bereavement. Death Literacy. Grief Literacy. Compassionate Communities. Public Health Palliative Care.
Places available on an upcoming EASE course in Edinburgh! This course will take place at Victoria Manor Care Home from 10:30am-12:30pm on four Friday mornings (18 September-9 October). Book your free place by emailing lindagillease@gmail.com.
"Do Not Attempt This Conversation" is a play about a junior doctor forced to navigate a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation conversation with a relative she has never met – about a patient she does not know – under immense time pressure. #deathonthefringe Book here: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Are you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work that you would like to share with others? Present your work in the poster exhibition at this year's SPPC Annual Conference. Find out more here: www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/call...
Food is an important way to remember people and to share those stories. Find recipes and stories shared with us in the To Absent Friends Cookbook. They may inspire you for To Absent Friends (1-7 November) this year! www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/cookbook/
One of our EASE volunteer facilitators is performing in "Sweet" at the Fringe from August 10-15. This play by the Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group tells the story of a Scottish woman's involvement in the abolition of slavery movement through a sugar boycott. www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Join us at the SPPC conference for this discussion, guided by Prof Erica Borgstrom, a medical Anthropologist between palliative care consultant Deans Buchanan and a Medicine of the Elderly practitioner to be confirmed. Find out about more and book tickets here - buff.ly/ro9FIUv
A Café of Reminiscence is a way of bringing people together to share anecdotes of dead loved ones as part of To Absent Friends (1-7 November). Find out more about hosting a Cafe of Reminiscence, and download a Conversation Menu, here: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/diy-...
Interesting letter to the Lancet Digital Health highlights the risks of reliance on palliative care AI referral tools: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Extending responsible artificial intelligence to palliative care: the irreversibility problem with algorithmic accountability
In their Viewpoint, published in The Lancet Digital Health, Mattea L Welch and colleagues present a practical framework for responsible and equitable artificial intelligence (AI) deployment in health…
thelancet.com
Places available on an upcoming 2-day EASE course in Torry! This course will take place over 2 Saturdays, 5 and 12 September, from 11am-4pm with breaks. Book your free place by emailing samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk. Find out more: www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/plan-illness...
Social Security Scotland have created a new range of resources designed to help health and social care professionals support people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness to access the financial support they are entitled to: www.socialsecurity.gov.scot/terminal-ill...
Terminal illness resources
Social Security Scotland can fast-track applications for disability benefits from terminally ill people once they have confirmation of the terminal diagnosis from a doctor or nurse.
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To Absent Friends (1-7 November) gives people across Scotland an excuse to remember people we love who have died. Our Small Grants Scheme supports groups in Scotland to hold To Absent Friends activities. Find out more and apply by 2 September: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/smal...
Peter May is one of the speakers at this year's SPPC Annual Conference. He'll be exploring the economic evidence on palliative care - what do we know and where should we go next? Find out about our other fantastic speakers and book your place at the conference here - buff.ly/ro9FIUv
We've created a Guide to Holding an Event to help make hosting To Absent Friends (1-7 November) activities easy. It features inspiration, tips, examples, and links to resources you can use. Find out more and download the guide at: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/ideas/
EASE courses coming up in Perth and in Kinross! Perth: 2-day course 24 and 31 August, 9:30-4pm or Kinross: 4-week course on Tuesday evenings from 25 August-15 September, 6:30-8:30pm Kinross booking: email samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk Perth booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ease-end-o...
Anyone in Scotland can host an event for To Absent Friends (1-7 November). Join us online on 19 August from noon-1pm for an informal lunchtime chat to meet other organisers, share ideas, and ask questions. Book your free place by emailing samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk.
Recounting his experience following his brother's death in both hilarious and heart-wrenching detail, "Aditya Mayya Pretends to Be Sad" is an hour-long exploration of being earnest from someone allergic to sincerity. #DeathontheFringe
Prof Samar Aoun is one of the speakers at this year's SPPC Annual Conference. She'll be sharing learning from a Compassionate Connectors programme, exploring social needs, community assets and economic impact. Find out more and book your place at the conference here - buff.ly/ro9FIUv
We've created guides to make hosting an activity for To Absent Friends (1-7 November) easy. Creative and crafting activities work well - our guide includes suggestions, ideas and tips. #ToAbsentFriends www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/ll-i...
People worry that EASE might be sad or upsetting. It would be wrong to say it won't be, but our participants tell us over again that it's also: enjoyable, positive, uplifting, reassuring, valuable... and fun! Find out more: www.goodlifedeathgrief.org.uk/plan-illness-ease
Prof Mark Taubert is one of the speakers at this year's SPPC Annual Conference. He'll be exploring technologies in palliative care for older people Find out about our other fantastic speakers and book your place at the conference here - www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annu...
"Queen of the Empire" by Sasha Snowdon is a tale of grief, addiction and what it means to be a sister. Darkly entertaining and based on a true story, Sasha Snowdon's Fringe debut promises laughter, complexity, and a cheeky little dance. #DeathontheFringe www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
We've created guides to help make hosting To Absent Friends (1-7 November) activities easy, including an Absent Friends Supper. Absent Friends Suppers can be formal or informal, public or private. Find out more and download the guide at: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/what...
Dr Carey Lunan is one of the speakers at this year's SPPC Annual Conference. She'll be exploring a General Practice practice perspective on inequalities and palliative care. Find out more here - www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annu...
Coming up at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, SJ Hodges' show "Already Here" explores what happens when Susan, a widowed mom, invites an AI into her bedroom – and accidentally into her grief. #DeathontheFringe Find out more and book tickets here: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Anyone in Scotland can host an event for To Absent Friends (1-7 November). Join us online on 19 August from noon-1pm for an informal lunchtime chat to meet other organisers, share ideas, and ask questions. Book your free place by emailing samara@palliativecarescotland.org.uk.
Changing demographics, financial pressures, widening inequalities and evolving social structures are making for “interesting” times. This year’s SPPC conference aims to help you survive in an increasingly challenging working environment. www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/content/annu...
State of Caring is the largest survey gathering experiences of unpaid carers. It is vital in campaigning for change and helped win rights and commitments including carer’s leave, extra payments, and the right to a break. Complete this year’s survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/8GX7Z5T
To Absent Friends (1-7 November) is an opportunity for people and groups in Scotland to remember those who have died. We’ve made three short films to explain why To Absent Friends is important and demonstrate some ways to take part: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/abou...
To Absent Friends (1-7 November) gives people across Scotland an excuse to remember people we love who have died. Our Small Grants Scheme supports groups in Scotland to hold To Absent Friends activities. Find out more and apply by 2 September: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/content/smal...