3 Wishes Program
@3wishesprogram.bsky.social
End-of-life program in which HCWs elicit and implement small final wishes for dying patients and their families. Originated in Canada, now at UCLA, Beth Israel, Niagara Health, UW, University of Utah, and many others. #Humanism #Compassion #Kindness
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Our mission is to foster compassion, dignity, kindness, and human connection, among patients, families, and HCW's during a patient's end-of-life period in the hospital. It seems appropriate that we move to where the skies are blue.
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Other day, a patient unexpectedly died & the team was too shaken to offer family @3wishesprogram.bsky.social before they left. Today nurses created this framed EKG, heartbeats in a bottle, & gathered words to create a word cloud, which I’ll send. Examples like these confirm 3wishes is for HCW too.
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Other day, a patient unexpectedly died & the team was too shaken to offer family @3wishesprogram.bsky.social before they left. Today nurses created this framed EKG, heartbeats in a bottle, & gathered words to create a word cloud, which I’ll send. Examples like these confirm 3wishes is for HCW too.
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Someone at @ucdavishealth.bsky.social made this with a 3D printer for their @3wishesprogram.bsky.social!
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Someone at @ucdavishealth.bsky.social made this with a 3D printer for their @3wishesprogram.bsky.social!
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My giant plaque came in the mail! I’m finally reading it and love what it says. #CHEST2025. @accpchest.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My giant plaque came in the mail! I’m finally reading it and love what it says. #CHEST2025. @accpchest.bsky.social
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Someone who heard my talk on the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at #CHEST2025 just emailed me to seek advice on how to start the program at their institution! How cool is that?! #Kindness is spreading. #CHESTSoMe @accpchest.bsky.social
So excited to hear @thanhneville.medsky.social and her talk on Humanizing Dying in the ICU, One Wish at a Time! #CHEST2025
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Someone who heard my talk on the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at #CHEST2025 just emailed me to seek advice on how to start the program at their institution! How cool is that?! #Kindness is spreading. #CHESTSoMe @accpchest.bsky.social
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At #CHEST2025, I met with Dr. Dan Fein from Montefiore Medical Center in NY. He shared with me how they had modelled their @3wishesprogram.bsky.social after ours at #UCLA (these slides are from his slide deck). They are going strong after 1year! This makes me so happy! #Kindness is spreading!
October 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
At #CHEST2025, I met with Dr. Dan Fein from Montefiore Medical Center in NY. He shared with me how they had modelled their @3wishesprogram.bsky.social after ours at #UCLA (these slides are from his slide deck). They are going strong after 1year! This makes me so happy! #Kindness is spreading!
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Besides writing a convincing letter, how can I help expedite getting a Visa for a sibling in Turkey to come see a dying patient in the US? @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Besides writing a convincing letter, how can I help expedite getting a Visa for a sibling in Turkey to come see a dying patient in the US? @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
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One of my favorite parts of #Chest2025 was meeting up with @mhsmith.bsky.social. He has done a fabulous job at leading a @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at @uwmedicine.bsky.social! I’m so proud of all the work he has done! #Kindness is spreading!
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One of my favorite parts of #Chest2025 was meeting up with @mhsmith.bsky.social. He has done a fabulous job at leading a @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at @uwmedicine.bsky.social! I’m so proud of all the work he has done! #Kindness is spreading!
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My talk was yesterday on the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social and they gave me a huge ass plaque! It was an honor lecture & they paid for my trip but I had no idea they’d give me a plaque like this! Love it! #CHEST2025
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My talk was yesterday on the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social and they gave me a huge ass plaque! It was an honor lecture & they paid for my trip but I had no idea they’d give me a plaque like this! Love it! #CHEST2025
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Consider launching @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at your institution! #CHEST2025
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Consider launching @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at your institution! #CHEST2025
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My session not until 4pm tomorrow. I really hope people will come and I won’t be talking to an empty room! @accpchest.bsky.social #Chest2025 #ChestSoMe
October 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My session not until 4pm tomorrow. I really hope people will come and I won’t be talking to an empty room! @accpchest.bsky.social #Chest2025 #ChestSoMe
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Working on my #CHEST2025 @3wishesprogram.bsky.social presentation & I have SO many heartwarming & heartbreaking stories that I want to share. A moment outside, a final date night, a deeply personal keepsake, a transformed room. There won't be enough time for all the stories I have!
October 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Working on my #CHEST2025 @3wishesprogram.bsky.social presentation & I have SO many heartwarming & heartbreaking stories that I want to share. A moment outside, a final date night, a deeply personal keepsake, a transformed room. There won't be enough time for all the stories I have!
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Thinking I'd include this on the last slide of my #CHEST2025 talk. Mainly to express that making a difference in hospitals can come in various shapes and forms, while advertising our @3wishesprogram.bsky.social social media. Is it ok?
October 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Thinking I'd include this on the last slide of my #CHEST2025 talk. Mainly to express that making a difference in hospitals can come in various shapes and forms, while advertising our @3wishesprogram.bsky.social social media. Is it ok?
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Got an email from the German Interdisciplinary Assoc for Intensive Care & Emerg Medicine, who thinks a "webinar on @3wishesprogram.bsky.social would be excellent topic for our audience in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. We would like to raise awareness of the project in Europe". How cool is that?
October 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Got an email from the German Interdisciplinary Assoc for Intensive Care & Emerg Medicine, who thinks a "webinar on @3wishesprogram.bsky.social would be excellent topic for our audience in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. We would like to raise awareness of the project in Europe". How cool is that?
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A young daughter lost her father & co-wrote this beautiful song that integrated her father’s heartbeat in the background. May the beauty of this song in her favorite creature, a dragon, help her navigate the future.
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A young daughter lost her father & co-wrote this beautiful song that integrated her father’s heartbeat in the background. May the beauty of this song in her favorite creature, a dragon, help her navigate the future.
A young daughter lost her father & co-wrote this beautiful song that integrated her father’s heartbeat in the background. May the beauty of this song in her favorite creature, a dragon, help her navigate the future.
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A young daughter lost her father & co-wrote this beautiful song that integrated her father’s heartbeat in the background. May the beauty of this song in her favorite creature, a dragon, help her navigate the future.
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Just got this fingerprint painting back for a patient who loves the Grateful Dead and is a total “Deadhead”. Isn’t it amazing? I hope his family loves it! @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just got this fingerprint painting back for a patient who loves the Grateful Dead and is a total “Deadhead”. Isn’t it amazing? I hope his family loves it! @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
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A volunteer made this personalized windchime for one of our @3wishesprogram.bsky.social patients. May the family always feel his love and presence with every gust of wind. #EOLcare
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A volunteer made this personalized windchime for one of our @3wishesprogram.bsky.social patients. May the family always feel his love and presence with every gust of wind. #EOLcare
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I have a grant that gives a colleague a small amount of salary support to lead the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at a safety-net hospital. She told me she used that $$ to grant a wish--she got a plane ticket for a young patient dying of refractory leukemia to go back to his home country. Oh my heart
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October 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I have a grant that gives a colleague a small amount of salary support to lead the @3wishesprogram.bsky.social at a safety-net hospital. She told me she used that $$ to grant a wish--she got a plane ticket for a young patient dying of refractory leukemia to go back to his home country. Oh my heart
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Our volunteers generated another beautiful painting for a @3wishesprogram.bsky.social family. The patient loved music and the sounds of the ocean.
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Our volunteers generated another beautiful painting for a @3wishesprogram.bsky.social family. The patient loved music and the sounds of the ocean.
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If you tell me your plan is become a butterfly in the after-life, why yes, we will decorate your room this way during your final moments. Who says ICU rooms have to be cold and sterile at the end of life?
She loved it so much. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
She loved it so much. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
If you tell me your plan is become a butterfly in the after-life, why yes, we will decorate your room this way during your final moments. Who says ICU rooms have to be cold and sterile at the end of life?
She loved it so much. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
She loved it so much. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
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Looking forward to #CHEST2025! @accpchest.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Looking forward to #CHEST2025! @accpchest.bsky.social
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Oh my heart. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Oh my heart. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
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September 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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A family confirmed that they received their @3wishesprogram.bsky.social plush with their loved one’s favorite song and heartbeat recording. I have to say, I’m so glad these sound modules work so well and can be cherished for a long time.
September 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A family confirmed that they received their @3wishesprogram.bsky.social plush with their loved one’s favorite song and heartbeat recording. I have to say, I’m so glad these sound modules work so well and can be cherished for a long time.
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Our music therapist hand-sewed pouches into these pooh bears to hold the sound modules w/ the patient's heartbeat. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
Today, I learned the Winnie-the-Pooh quote that was so special to this couple: "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." 💔💔💔
Today, I learned the Winnie-the-Pooh quote that was so special to this couple: "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." 💔💔💔
September 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Our music therapist hand-sewed pouches into these pooh bears to hold the sound modules w/ the patient's heartbeat. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social
Today, I learned the Winnie-the-Pooh quote that was so special to this couple: "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." 💔💔💔
Today, I learned the Winnie-the-Pooh quote that was so special to this couple: "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." 💔💔💔