Ep. 447 Compassionate Communities and End-of-Life Care with Elizabeth Johnson, Erin Collins and Qwynn Galloway-Salazar

End-of-Life University

Learn about a powerful international model that calls for a public health approach to end-of-life care and how we are championing it in the U.S.

This week I am hosting three guests who are my collaborators in a “think tank” on the Compassionate Communities Model: Elizabeth Johnson and Erin Collins of The Peaceful Presence Project and Qwynn Galloway-Salazar, creator of the Caring for Veterans Through the End-of-Life Series. We discuss the need for a Compassionate Communities approach to end-of-life care here in the U.S. and offer resources and ideas for spreading this model throughout the country. Learn more at:

compassionatecommunities.us

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This episode includes:

• How the four of us came together as a “think tank”
• What is a Compassionate Community
• Brief history of the compassionate community model
• How this model could benefit end-of-life care in the U.S. in general
• How the compassionate community approach can help us address specific issues: community death education (especially in rural areas), veteran care, caregiver crisis
• “End-of-Life Friendly Criteria” as a simple tool to assess and map our communities
• Public Health Palliative Care International (PHPCI) as a resource
• FREE presentation on Compassionate Communities Model available May 1, 2024 (email with May 1st in the subject line: [e-mail])

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• PHPCI: https://www.phpci.org
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