The Conversation ProjectConversation Sabbath 2018

September 12, 2018

Rosemary LloydNaomi Fedna

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Faculty

Rev. Rosemary Lloyd, BSN, MDiv

Advisor to Faith Communities

The Conversation Project

• Graduate Georgetown University and

Harvard Divinity School

• Ordained Unitarian Universality Minister,

Served The First Church in Boston

• Graduate of Metta Institute

• Former R.N., CPE intern at DFCI, Hospice

Volunteer

Six Reasons for Congregations to Get Involved

1. Existing communities - shared values

2. Encouraging more compassion and less fear

3. Story-telling communities

4. Planting seeds of cultural change

5. They like to eat together!

6. Positioned to support and people with serious

illness, their families and clinicians

Resources for Congregations7

www.theconversationproject.org/faith

ReImagine9

Rachel Lovett, Community Engagement

Director (including Faith initiative

Conversation Sabbath)

A native San Franciscan who lived in NYC for

25 years and is now splitting her time between

the two. She has 25+ years of experience in

strategy, resource development and marketing

communications in the for- and mostly non-

profit sectors. Just prior to Reimagine she

launched a non-profit, Thriving in Place, to

raise private funds and provide not direct

service programming for in-home supportive

services for low-income seniors and people

with disabilities.

ReImagine10

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Deborah Gogniat, MS, Coordinator, Healthy York County Coalition

Formerly with United Way of York County as

Director of the Campaign, and Director of

Major Gifts; Penn State University and Drew

University in administration and marketing.

Deb holds a baccalaureate degree from

Indiana University (Bloomington) and a

master’s degree from Villanova University

The Healthy York County Coalition

Your Life Your Wishes(YLYW) Community Task Force

The Healthy York County Coalition

Your Life Your Wishes(YLYW) Community Task Force

YLYW Task Force Mission Statement:To help the people of York County talk with family and others about

their values and their wishes to be followed at the end of life.

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The Healthy York County Coalition and

Your Life Your Wishes(YLYW) Community Task Force

# Sessions # Participants Audience

16 680 Public Events (Ave. 45)

16 447 Faith Communities (Ave. 28)

14 411 Special (OLLI, SING, Death Cafes)

14 331 Senior Center (Ave. 24)

6 105 Health Care

2 105 Rotaries

2 77 Workplaces

4 58 Independent Living facilities

4 58 Training volunteer champions

1 40 College students

3 32 Government

82 2,344 Average: 28.6

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Program Results (2014-2018)

Trinity Hospice15

• Amy Holliday, RN, Hospice Clinical Supervisor

• Tom Kalliokoski, BCC (Board Certified Chaplain)

• Renita Carroll, Hospice Community Educator

Trinity Hospice

Trinity Hospice of Georgia has been passionately

providing care for hospice patients for over 35 years.

Recently acquired by the LCH Group, Inc. in April 2018,

Trinity Hospice is now part of the largest provider of in

home healthcare services in our United States.

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Trinity Hospice

Amy, Tom and Renita are excited to join together with IHI

and TCP to spearhead their project to promote

Conversation Sabbath and National Healthcare

Decisions Day (NHDD) every year to educate our local

community of spiritual leaders, healthcare providers and

families about the importance of conversations about

Advance Directives and remove the “taboo” surrounding

these conversations.

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Upcoming Community Calls

The next call will take place on:

Wednesday, September 19, 3:00-4:30pm ET

Date and Time Topic

Wednesday, Sept 19th, 3:00 – 4:30 pm ET Virtual Speaker Training

Wednesday, Oct 17th , 3:00 – 4:00 pm ET Including Alzheimer’s-specific

Programming Into Your Work

Wednesday, Nov 14th , 3:00-4:00pm ET Special interest: Ensuring equity,

reaching diverse communities

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