I will be sharing experiences and running training workshops at a number of congresses, conferences and events in 2023. The main conferences and congresses booked in for 2023 can be found below. If your organisation or conference would like us to add a contribution to your own conference, congress or event, please do get in […]
I recently provided two workshops at the 7th International African Palliative Care Conference 2022. These can be be viewed (with a virtual ticket) at https://africanpalliativecare.org/conference Before the conference I wrote the following article for eHospice https://ehospice.com/africa_posts/planning-for-death-in-an-ever-increasingly-digital-world-7th-int-african-palliative-care-conference/ Details about one of the pre-conference sessions
I will be speaking about digital legacy safeguarding & planning for death digitally next week (Dying Matters Awareness Week) oon: Tue: Bart’s Health NHS Trust (for professionals) Wed: Bart’s Health NHS Trust (for professionals) Thur: St Jospeh’s Hospice (for professionals) Fri: Newham Council (for the public) information If you are able to attend any of […]
Happy New Year! Happy new year. I have been very bad at maintaining this site over so here is a dump of activities and updates (in no specific order): Last year’s Digital Legacy Conference took place virtually from Michael Sobell Hospice and was part of the European Association of Palliative Care World Congress 2021. An […]
It’s been a busy month. Here is a quick update: The Digital Legacy Conference took place online this year. https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2021/09/23/the-digital-legacy-conference-2021-pallicovid-exploring-new-dimensions/ The Digital Legacy Association had four posters accepted at the European Association of Palliative Care World Congress 2021 MyWishes had two posters at the European Association of Palliative Care World Congress 2021 The Digital Legacy […]
The ‘Fellowship in Palliative Care’ is an advanced course run by the Institute of Palliative Medicine, India in partnership with Sanjeevan Palliative Care Project, Pondicherry, India, St Christopher’s Hospice, London, United Kingdom and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh. The six- month course is designed as a distance education programme with contact sessions based on […]
March Madness free online festival featuring some of the most innovative disabled and non-disabled artists I am delighted to announce that MyWishes will be supporting March Madness Festival. March Madness is a free to attend music festival taking place this Spring Equinox on the 20th March 2021. The online festival will feature an array of […]
Outside The Box I recently wrote about the ever growing importance of digital assets planning and digital legacy safeguarding for the upcoming ‘Outside The Box’ book. The book highlights society’s disconnection with death and the problems this can cause. It brings together a range of end of life, palliative and funeral professionals and explores what […]
Last year a collaboration between Rotterdam University of applied sciences, Erasmus MC University Hospital, The Digital Legacy Association, MyWishes and Wageningen University and Research took place at Lowlands festival. Festival goers where invited to think about death, end of life planning and their digital legacy in the ‘Death Lab De Dooie Hook’. Questions taken from […]
“The Digital Legacy Association urges all funeral directors to partner with self shooters, camera people and independent filmmakers. Every person who is bereaved over the winter months should be able to watch a live stream or a recording of their loved one’s ceremony if they are not able to attend in person. Funeral streaming and […]