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Welcome to Talking Matters, a blog featuring updates, stories, and interviews from The Conversation Project. Check back each week for a new post!

Originally posted by IHI team on IHI.org. Health care providers are often caregivers. We may serve as primary caregivers for people in our own lives or depend on caregivers ourselves. We may be the ones…

5 Ways to Show Appreciation for a Caregiver
By Andrea Gibbs, 11/01/2022

After she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I became my mom’s caregiver. From my own experience, I know that providing a support system for a caregiver can help them to feel recognized and create space…

Conversations Brought my Family Clarity
By Sabrina Johnson, 11/01/2022

ALS became a social media trend in 2014 with the Ice Bucket Challenge. A viral trend that, to be honest, I saw and thought nothing much of because, like with most viral trends, I never…

The Power of Music at the Bedside
By David Grube, 11/01/2022

In compassionate care through the end of life, treatments other than medicines can make a crucial difference. The human touch is one. Another can be music. Guided by this, members of the Threshold Choir sit…