Click the link below to see the 5 minute video in which author Kevin Toolis discusses on the BBC the lessons we can learn from Ireland about death. https://www.facebook.com/bbc/videos/vb.1143803202301544/2224550397560147/?type=2&theater...

This is an interesting idea for musicphiles among us, or those who want to create an online memorial:  For $77 total cost you can create an online 'last soundtrack' with images and stories.  It will forever be on the internet, and you determine if you...

Here is a beautiful story about home funerals and 'doing death differently" which is actually similar to what humans have done for centuries Kelly Notaras writes: "Looking back, the story I most want to tell about this time is not the story of his dying. It’s...

As part of preparations for our April events, Joanna Rueter and our volunteers decorated a cardboard coffin, the kind generally used for cremations.  Below are pictures of the process and the beautiful final result! [caption id="attachment_5108" align="alignleft" width="768"] Inside view of completed...

We had an amazing April, filled with a number of informative & well attended events throughout town.  A big thank you to Joanna Rueter, our Advance Care Planning Coordinator, for all her work in designing and carrying out all of these wonderful activities for the...

On Tuesday, May 8th, from 2:00-4:30 pm Brattleboro Area Hospice will present the Hospice Foundation of America’s Annual National Living with Grief Program, “Transforming Loss, Finding Potential for Growth”.   This free educational teleconference, open to anyone in the community who would like to attend, is...

These beautiful small gardens were created in the 1800s at The Woodlands cemetery in Philadelphia.  What a special way to honor a loved one, and make the cemetery a lovely place to visit. Click here to watch a short video from CBS News: Grave Gardens at The...

Free Screening of ‘Being Mortal’  Film Explores End-of-Life-Care in US Seventy percent of Americans say they would prefer to die at home, but nearly 70 percent die in hospitals and institutions. Ninety percent of Americans know they should have conversations about end-of-life care, yet only 30 percent...