It may be a subject you want to avoid but, according to Benjamin Franklin, there are two things in life which are said to be certain – death and taxes.
In May Nightingale House Hospice, Wrexham is supporting the national Dying
Matters Week. The 2020 theme
of Dying To Be
Heard will focus on how to help by listening.
Dying Matters is a coalition of organisations who think it is important
for people to talk about what is important to them in relation to their death.
In preparation for this special week the hospice is hosting an information
evening to help local organisations, institutions, groups or businesses put on
their own event with confidence and have the usually-avoided conversation.
If your organisation, institution or group would be interested in
finding out more or feel you might like to be involved next May, come along to
Nightingale House Hospice on Thursday, January 30 at 4.30pm-6pm.
Kay Ryan, the hospice's outpatient services coordinator, said: “It sounds like a morbid
subject to encourage people to talk about. We all hope for a long and
healthy life, but we are not immortal and unfortunately ill health or accidents
do happen.
“We can probably all think of circumstances around someone’s death where
we thought, ‘I wouldn’t want that to happen to me or, anyone I care about’ or
‘I wouldn’t know what to do if that happened to one of my family or friends’.
“Talking about these things doesn’t make them happen any sooner but it
can help people think about what is or would be important to them."
* If you would like to attend, please ring Nightingale House Hospice
Reception on 01978 316800 and leave you name and contact details.
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