“Over the last year, I have come to understand caregiving differently.
Not as an abstract concept. Not as a framework on a page. Not even only as a professional conversation, though I work at IHI and spend a good deal of my time thinking about care, well-being, and what it means to build systems that honor people. I have come to understand caregiving as something much more intimate, much more ordinary, and much more sacred. It has become the shape of my life.”
Read more from Philip here.
National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) is April 16th and we’re celebrating all month by sharing resources across our communications channels – follow us via Facebook and Instagram. Check here for ideas for promoting NHDD in your community or use our Communications Toolkit for Promoting NHDD to access ready-made content and images you can use to make spreading the word easy. Or, share our recent call recording “How to discuss your wishes for care through the end of life with family and friends” with concrete steps to take.
“The Conversation Project emphasizes having a conversation on values — what matters to you, not what‘s the matter with you.”
– Ellen Goodman, Co-Founder & Director
Maureen Jennings gathered family together on her father’s 85th birthday to talk about the health care he wants.
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