Speaking on the end-of-life
Are you looking to educate your organization, facility, school setting, or retirement community on end-of-life care? I am available to speak on a variety of topics centered around aging, end-of-life, and grief. I am available for online opportunities as well as in-person events, and if the time and dates align, I will travel to your location.
Who needs to hear these topics?
Anyone navigating decline from age or illness, the people who are caring for them whether personally or professionally, and anyone who is working in the end-of-life field. You do not have to be a clinician to provide end-of-life care but you do need to have the tools to feel confident at the bedside, and that is what I want to hand over. I have been with over 2500 people who were at different stages of the dying process, and I have a lot of experience to share with anyone who wants to do this work well and help to improve the way people are cared for when they are dying.
Topics I Speak On
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Diagnosis to death... what does that look like
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Hospice; the team, the resources, the benefits
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Medication education
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End-of-life options; Medical Aid in Dying, VSED, Palliative Sedation
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Misconceptions about death, dying, hospice, and medications
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Grief, which includes anticipatory grief
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End-of-life doulas
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Self-care for the caregiver
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Rituals & ceremonies
Shelly May Roby
Founder and Owner
Shelly May, LLC and
“Into the Living Room”
Whenever I am witness to Gabby speaking or teaching, I am transformed in a profound way. Gabby reminds us to not wait for the bedside, while inviting in the sacredness of death and dying. She is able to shine a graceful, yet urgent light on the importance of remembering that we are still alive and what we may still have left to do. Her humanness allows me to feel the realness of death and the depth of her experience urges me to pay attention to each and every moment. When Gabby speaks, we all stop and listen.
A Passion for Education Around End-of-Life Topics
Education is key. I have found that when I first meet with someone who is providing end-of-life care, they have many questions, uncertainties, and often fear. There are a lot of misconceptions, which I want to clear up. The more we talk about it, the more comfortable people will be. I am always pleased when I can hand over my tools to someone and relieve them of their fear, this is my goal, something I strive for always.
Finding new ways to discuss grief
Working in this field, has given me a front row seat to the different layers of grief, which begins as early as diagnosis, and lingers years after that last breath is taken. I am drawn to finding ways to help comfort and support those who are navigating their grief. After losing my brother, grief took on a whole new meaning. When I shared my own struggles, I was surprised by the hundreds of responses I received from The Hospice Heart Community, reminding me that grief is everywhere, and within every one of us. I want to find a way to offer comfort and support to anyone who is grieving.
Craig Schroeder
Volunteer Services Director, Mission Hospice & Home Care
Her wisdom, filled with compassion and understanding, teaches them the tools to be an openhearted caregiver with strength and gentleness. Many of my long-time serving volunteers turn to Gabby’s blog and writings for more insight and perspective on caring for the sick. They find that she is an endless well of knowledge and inspiration as they sit bedside with patients and help loved ones.
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