Workshops

Dr. Kay Costley-White’s two-day Demystifying Dying workshop explores the emotional, cultural, social, physical and legal issues we face for our own dying, for the death of a loved one and for the death of those we care for in a professional capacity.

Processes include instruction, sharing and group discussion, videos and readings, and time for quiet reflection. Living Will documents and handouts will be provided.

Subjects include:

• Personal and cultural attitudes to death
• Responses to the threat of death
• Unpacking hopes and fears
• Anticipating loss and grief
• Helping families and loved ones cope
• How to be with, and talk to, someone who is dying
• Care for the caregiver
• Near-death awareness
• Resuscitation
• Spiritual challenges as death approaches
• Ritual
• A brief history of the hospice movement
• Symptoms of severe illness and the dying process
• Palliative care: how symptoms may be managed at home, in hospital or hospice
• Legal issues relating to wills and advance directives
• Personal planning: our own living will documents and …

Dates of next two-day workshop: November 21-22, 2009 from 9:00am to 5:00pm

Workshop Cost: $120 per participant

Accommodation and Meals: $130 per participant which includes snacks, lunches, one night’s accommodation and breakfast. If accomodation is not required, lunches and snacks are $30 for the two days.

Information and Registration: contact Ginny Cox at retreat@marastation.com or telephone (250) 838-7520

Other Workshops are in the planning stage and include:

• Care for Caregiver – A Day of De-Stressing for Professional and Other Caregivers
• Alumni gathering for previous retreat participants

Mara Station is also available for health-related organizations to use for their own one-day retreats or workshops.