**Is it difficult to find someone to talk openly with about our concerns and wishes about dying?**

We will discuss issues like:
• How do I plan for a peaceful death?
• How do I talk to a loved one about my end-of-life concerns?
• How do I find someone to be my medical power of attorney?'

Feel free to bring a friend or family member.
Open to the Public. Refreshments Provided. No admission Fee
Contributions welcome.
Please register here on **Meetup** or
**RSVP** to: **choiceanddignityinc@gmail.com**

Choice and Dignity Tucson Death and Dying Meetup Group

Choice & Dignity Tucson

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Connie Sanzo

Suzanne Seay

Gail Scarborough

Exit Cafe: Talking About Dying Won't Kill You.

Woods Memorial Branch Library

# When You Die Documentary Trilogy

**Chapter 2 - Saturday October 11th**
**Saying Goodbye: Preparing for Death**
How can we talk about death? What is a good death? Does the body need help to die? What quality of life is enough for us? Where do we want to die? What is a conscious death? Could we have one?
Through stories from professionals who have spent their careers at the bedside, **Saying Goodbye** opens the door to good conversations about what is possible as we pass from this life, and what that may look life for us and our loved ones.
English - 54 minutes
Doors open at 1:45, film at 2:00- 3:00. Discussion 3:00-4:00.
Drinks and snacks provided. No charge to attend.
**Chapter 3 - Viewing & Discussion Date to be determined**
**Architecture of Death: The Inner World of Dying**
What happens as we are dying? What could the final months, weeks, and days of life look like for the person who is dying? And the people who love them?
English - 59 minutes

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Mortality Movie: Saying Goodbye - Preparing for Death -Trilogy Part Two

Eckstrom-Columbus Library

## Details

This series of five 2 hour sessions will help you prepare for death, yours, or a loved one.
There are Five Primary topics:

* Introduction to Death and the Right-to-Die Movement
* Advanced Directives – Your decisions about the types of care and life-sustaining measures you may or may not want.
* Medical Advocacy – How to ensure your wishes are honored. We'll cover both choosing your advocate as well as being a good advocate for someone else.
* Communication with Family, Loved Ones, and Medical Providers – How to start and have the necessary conversations.
* Deliberate Life Completion – We'll discuss the what, where, and how Medical Aid in Dying and other methods to reduce suffering where MAID is not a viable alternative.

In addition, we’ll discuss neurodegenerative diseases and their impact on the Life Completion process as well as other “to-do’s" for your list in preparation for death.
**Where:** Harmony Community Healthcare (Formerly Harmony Hospice)
310 S Williams Blvd Suite 210, Tucson, AZ 85711
**Dates:** October 17th, 24th, 31st, Nov. 7th and 14th
Please plan to attend all 5 sessions.
**Time:** Classes will start and 10:30 and end around 12:30.
**Cost:** No charge to Choice and Dignity members.
For non-members, the suggested contribution for the entire course is $25, or whatever you can afford. No one is excluded due to income. Additional donations are welcome.
Note: This is not a program about suicide. Choice and Dignity Inc. offers educational programs designed to provide information about end-of-life issues, including but not limited to deliberate life completion and death with dignity. Choice and Dignity Inc. does not endorse, encourage, or promote suicide. The goal of Choice and Dignity Inc. is only to provide information to participants under the protections of the First Amendment.

John Dore & Paula Banfield

Carolyn J. Grimes

Barbara Lancaster

How to Get the Death You Want - In Person Series Session 1 of 5

Harmony Hospice LLC

Hard Choices for Loving People: CPR, Feeding Tubes, Palliative Care, Comfort Measures, and the Patient with a Serious Illness, Sixth Edition, is a guide for helping patients and families with end-of-life decisions.

--BOOK TOPICS INCLUDE--

\- Considering the goals of medical care before making healthcare decisions

\- Treatments such as CPR\, feeding tubes\, dialysis\, pacemakers\, implanted defibrillators\, hospitalization\, palliative care\, and hospice care as they apply to patients with a serious illness

\- The emotional and spiritual concerns at the end of life for people of any or no faith tradition; the journey at the final stages of life is framed as a journey of letting go and letting be

Dr. Ira Byock, founder and chief medical officer of the Providence Institute for Human Caring and author of Dying Well, endorses the book as 'clear and concise, yet sensitive to the emotional turmoil of potential readers. Over the years, Hard Choices for Loving People is the book I have recommended most often to families confronting the complexities of medical treatments for loved ones with serious illnesses.'

| Since the book was first published in 1990, more than 3.8 million copies have been sold. Hard Choices is available as an audiobook and in Spanish, Decisiones Difíciles para los Seres Queridos. |
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