Ep. 383 The Good News of 2022 with Karen Wyatt

Learn some of the positive developments around end-of-life issues that took place in 2022.

This is the last episode of 2022 and I’m sharing some of the best “good news” stories I’ve seen this year about progress we’ve made around care at the end of life. Every month I curate end-of-life news stories for my supporters on Patreon and I’ve made note of some encouraging developments that I present to you today. Watch this on YouTube if you’d like to see slides or enjoy listening to the audio. Meanwhile, farewell to 2022 and best wishes for a Happy New Year!

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This episode includes:

• The Lancet Commission on the Value of Death calls for a global paradigm shift on death and dying
• NHPCO works to improve equity in death and dying and decrease racial disparities in care
• Studies document inequities in end-of-life care
• Plan to train community workers to do outreach in underserved areas
• Recognizing the emotional and spiritual aspects of the dying process
• Federal legislation to create a national strategy on grief and to expand advance care planning
• Studies on caregiver stress and model for paying family caregivers
• Best and worst places to die in the US
• Studies on use of psychedelics to decrease anxiety at end of life
• Virtual reality similar to psilocybin in reducing anxiety
• “Death Tech” and media coverage of death both on the rise
• Human composting now legal in 5 states

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