Community Deathcare
@communitydeathcare.bsky.social
A holistic and community-centred approach to end-of-life care empowers individuals and their families and strengthens our bonds of relationship.
We honour death as a sacred part of life.
We honour death as a sacred part of life.
Amen.
(Community deathcare = love of life)
(Community deathcare = love of life)
ברוך הטוב והמטיב
May this truly be beginning of a real ceasefire, and the beginning of permanent peace and *true justice* for everyone in the land.
May the memories of all those annihilated in the genocide, all those slaughtered, be for a revolution.
May this truly be beginning of a real ceasefire, and the beginning of permanent peace and *true justice* for everyone in the land.
May the memories of all those annihilated in the genocide, all those slaughtered, be for a revolution.
October 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Amen.
(Community deathcare = love of life)
(Community deathcare = love of life)
Reposted by Community Deathcare
Covered mortuary trolley, c.1895. The stretcher can be used separately from the wheeled base. The trolley was well used because the front wheels have been replaced with more modern equivalents. The trolley was donated to the Science Museum in 1979 by King Edward VII Hospital.
September 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Covered mortuary trolley, c.1895. The stretcher can be used separately from the wheeled base. The trolley was well used because the front wheels have been replaced with more modern equivalents. The trolley was donated to the Science Museum in 1979 by King Edward VII Hospital.
Reposted by Community Deathcare
Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice open.substack.com/pub/emilytam...
Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice
An essay
open.substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice open.substack.com/pub/emilytam...
Reposted by Community Deathcare
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Hearse--Elaborate Pattern, S.D. Kimbark's Catalog, 1876.
September 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Hearse--Elaborate Pattern, S.D. Kimbark's Catalog, 1876.
Reposted by Community Deathcare
This starts next week if enough folks register-
Several free seats, and “any donation you can afford” seats are available
I really just want to get skills in hands to help folks negotiate the era that is upon us
Several free seats, and “any donation you can afford” seats are available
I really just want to get skills in hands to help folks negotiate the era that is upon us
Riding the Roller Coaster Workshop: — What A Shrink Thinks
or grown-ups who have feelings
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This starts next week if enough folks register-
Several free seats, and “any donation you can afford” seats are available
I really just want to get skills in hands to help folks negotiate the era that is upon us
Several free seats, and “any donation you can afford” seats are available
I really just want to get skills in hands to help folks negotiate the era that is upon us
Yes, this is community deathcare.
It's a big tent.
It's a big tent.
You are welcome to join us for whatever donation is affordable for you.
Grieve and laugh and remember our dead together.
Consider new and ancient frames around the partnership between living and dying,
Gently sit at the edge of the anxiety line and breathe deeply together
Grieve and laugh and remember our dead together.
Consider new and ancient frames around the partnership between living and dying,
Gently sit at the edge of the anxiety line and breathe deeply together
Mortality Workshop | Explore Mortality Mindfully — What A Shrink Thinks
Join our online interactive workshop to deepen your understanding of
mortality and develop healthier responses to the life's existential
realities.
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Yes, this is community deathcare.
It's a big tent.
It's a big tent.
Deathcare doings.
A how-to on trouble-shooting shrouding with things we have at home.
Community deathcare = MacGyver
A how-to on trouble-shooting shrouding with things we have at home.
Community deathcare = MacGyver
September 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Deathcare doings.
A how-to on trouble-shooting shrouding with things we have at home.
Community deathcare = MacGyver
A how-to on trouble-shooting shrouding with things we have at home.
Community deathcare = MacGyver
Ditto.
Are you interested in death, dying, loss, grief, and related topics, from historical studies to current issues? Then I'd recommend following @openthanatology.bsky.social and keeping an eye out for resources it shares.
September 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ditto.
Reposted by Community Deathcare
The recent national histrionics assure me that we need spaces to understand the link between supremacy triumphalism and death denial more than ever.
We can’t even speak accurately of the dead.
I’m doing my tiny part.
Free seats available
We can’t even speak accurately of the dead.
I’m doing my tiny part.
Free seats available
Mortality Workshop | Explore Mortality Mindfully — What A Shrink Thinks
Join our online interactive workshop to deepen your understanding of
mortality and develop healthier responses to the life's existential
realities.
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The recent national histrionics assure me that we need spaces to understand the link between supremacy triumphalism and death denial more than ever.
We can’t even speak accurately of the dead.
I’m doing my tiny part.
Free seats available
We can’t even speak accurately of the dead.
I’m doing my tiny part.
Free seats available
We'll put the kettle on.
September 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We'll put the kettle on.
This us.
September 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This us.
Hear, hear!
We're neutral on assisted dying, but we're not neutral on the need for better access to palliative and end of life care. We hope that throughout today's debate, peers recognise the importance of fixing palliative care, whether they support the bill or not.
#AssistedDyingBill
#AssistedDyingBill
September 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hear, hear!
Reposted by Community Deathcare
Lords urged to scrutinise but not block assisted dying law "We must do our job in this House, and our job is not to frustrate, it is to scrutinise," @BBCNews www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly0d1vg0e2o
Lords urged to scrutinise but not block assisted dying law
MPs in the Commons backed the Terminally Ill Adults Bill by a majority of 23 in June this year.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Lords urged to scrutinise but not block assisted dying law "We must do our job in this House, and our job is not to frustrate, it is to scrutinise," @BBCNews www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly0d1vg0e2o
Highly recommend!
And coming together in community is in and of itself soothing to our ragged hearts.
And coming together in community is in and of itself soothing to our ragged hearts.
How proximity to death and dying is distributed.
Who thinks they can generally avoid it?
Who has to face it as a part of daily life?
Injustice rests on this:
3 free seats available for this pay-what-you-can workshop
Who thinks they can generally avoid it?
Who has to face it as a part of daily life?
Injustice rests on this:
3 free seats available for this pay-what-you-can workshop
Sept 24th: Wednesdays
an online workshop and peer discussion group designed for anyone who wants to expand their ability to withstand and accept existential realities, to develop healthier, more related responses to encounters with death & dying in the wider culture:
By donation/free seats open
an online workshop and peer discussion group designed for anyone who wants to expand their ability to withstand and accept existential realities, to develop healthier, more related responses to encounters with death & dying in the wider culture:
By donation/free seats open
September 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Highly recommend!
And coming together in community is in and of itself soothing to our ragged hearts.
And coming together in community is in and of itself soothing to our ragged hearts.
What do you think, #Bluesky?
Is assisted death something that should be available only to the dying, or is it a human right?
Is assisted death something that should be available only to the dying, or is it a human right?
Dr. Wade Stedman, the clinical lead for New South Wales’ implementation of voluntary assisted dying, talks about how Britain should shape its own legislation.
healthcaretoday.com/article/wade...
#healthcare #AssistedDyingBill #endoflifecare #regulatory #legislation #government
healthcaretoday.com/article/wade...
#healthcare #AssistedDyingBill #endoflifecare #regulatory #legislation #government
Wade Steadman: “It’s a choice between dying and dying”
The clinical lead for New South Wales’ implementation of voluntary assisted dying talks about how Britain should shape its own legislation.
healthcaretoday.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
What do you think, #Bluesky?
Is assisted death something that should be available only to the dying, or is it a human right?
Is assisted death something that should be available only to the dying, or is it a human right?
Reposted by Community Deathcare
Share your skills and experience with someone beginning their career in #deathstudies.
We are still looking for mentors for the ASDS Early Career Mentoring scheme. Find out more and apply by 22 September. deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ @ddd17-2025.bsky.social
We are still looking for mentors for the ASDS Early Career Mentoring scheme. Find out more and apply by 22 September. deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ @ddd17-2025.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Share your skills and experience with someone beginning their career in #deathstudies.
We are still looking for mentors for the ASDS Early Career Mentoring scheme. Find out more and apply by 22 September. deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ @ddd17-2025.bsky.social
We are still looking for mentors for the ASDS Early Career Mentoring scheme. Find out more and apply by 22 September. deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ @ddd17-2025.bsky.social
Reposted by Community Deathcare
September 11th - for some, this day brings up questions about how do we make sense of the loss from sudden events. This article gives some insights and reflects on several examples www.open.edu/openlearn/he... #ThanatologyThursday
Making sense of sudden mass deaths
Sudden, brutal death; and so many deaths, at one time. What does it do to you to be one of the bereaved in such a traumatic event such as the 9/11 attacks or a pandemic like Covid-19?
www.open.edu
September 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
September 11th - for some, this day brings up questions about how do we make sense of the loss from sudden events. This article gives some insights and reflects on several examples www.open.edu/openlearn/he... #ThanatologyThursday
Hey #bluesky #booksky, feeling the need for community and conversation? One that's gathered around understanding how the existential fear of death drives us towards oppression and violence?
Online, free to join, free PDF, and a sweet discount on the book, Radical Mindfulness.
Online, free to join, free PDF, and a sweet discount on the book, Radical Mindfulness.
Existential fear of death + systems of oppression.
Seems like a good time to discuss.
Join our reading group which begins Sunday, September 14th and runs approximately six months.
FREE to attend.
FREE PDF of the book.
30% discount from the publisher till end of Oct.
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
Seems like a good time to discuss.
Join our reading group which begins Sunday, September 14th and runs approximately six months.
FREE to attend.
FREE PDF of the book.
30% discount from the publisher till end of Oct.
rowecenter.org/radical-mind...
Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death is Politically Vital
This is not your typical book club. Beginning September 14th, the Rowe Center will host a weekly online gathering to explore Radical Mindfulness by author James K. Rowe. In 90 minute sessions, we will...
rowecenter.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day.
Learn the warning signs.
Keep the conversation going.
Ask for help.
Learn the warning signs.
Keep the conversation going.
Ask for help.
September 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day.
Learn the warning signs.
Keep the conversation going.
Ask for help.
Learn the warning signs.
Keep the conversation going.
Ask for help.
Looking to improve your bedside/end-of-life skills?
This online program through the University of Toronto is topnotch.
This online program through the University of Toronto is topnotch.
Mindfulness Informed End of Life is a transformative, scholarly, heart-centred approach to dying...and it's in its last year at the University of Toronto.
I HIGHLY recommend this program.
#Mindfulness #EndOfLife #APDoula #MindfulnessPractice #Presence #compassion
I HIGHLY recommend this program.
#Mindfulness #EndOfLife #APDoula #MindfulnessPractice #Presence #compassion
September 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Looking to improve your bedside/end-of-life skills?
This online program through the University of Toronto is topnotch.
This online program through the University of Toronto is topnotch.
Reposted by Community Deathcare
Obituary for Oliver Russell (1936-2025), a psychiatrist who championed the rights of people with learning disabilities.
Russell fought to get people with learning disabilities out of long-stay institutions and living "ordinary" lives in the community
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Russell fought to get people with learning disabilities out of long-stay institutions and living "ordinary" lives in the community
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Obituary for Oliver Russell (1936-2025), a psychiatrist who championed the rights of people with learning disabilities.
Russell fought to get people with learning disabilities out of long-stay institutions and living "ordinary" lives in the community
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Russell fought to get people with learning disabilities out of long-stay institutions and living "ordinary" lives in the community
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Dylan Thomas' rarely seen rough draft.
September 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dylan Thomas' rarely seen rough draft.
This will be a great conversation- consider joining!
September 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This will be a great conversation- consider joining!
We still do this! Funeral homes offer all sorts of "personalized" tchotchkes for the casket.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Coffin furniture patterns c. 1823. Yale, British Art collection
Similar gilt pressed tin coffin ornaments showing flowers in urns, front and back views.
Former eBay listing
Similar gilt pressed tin coffin ornaments showing flowers in urns, front and back views.
Former eBay listing
September 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We still do this! Funeral homes offer all sorts of "personalized" tchotchkes for the casket.
Let's get really real.
These are only some of the sympathy cards made by @ddd17-2025.bsky.social conference attendees in Utrecht! Way better than what you'd find in the drugstore card aisle, right? Digital versions are now available for download: www.deadparentswhatnow.com/sympathy-car...
#deathpositive #sympathycards
#deathpositive #sympathycards
September 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Let's get really real.