We Really Need To Talk
We Really Need To Talk is a podcast about the conversations we should be having with our loves ones about the end of life. Gerontology professor Elizabeth Bergman and former Finger Lakes Geriatric Education Center Program Coordinator Lisa Richards and their guests will talk about how to approach these conversations as well as how to sort through last wishes, advance care planning and choices about life-sustaining treatment. And they do it all with a healthy dose of love and humor.
We Really Need To Talk
Why We Need to Talk About the End of Life
In the introductory episode, Elizabeth and Lisa will tell you why they wanted to make a podcast about end-of-life conversations. They will share their experiences of how a simple letter or set of instructions from a loved one helped ease the pain of those left grieving. They will discuss the importance of having ongoing conversations about this difficult subject.
Resources
An eight minute PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly video about doctors and end-of-life discussions
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2016/06/10/january-15-2016-doctors-and-end-of-life-discussions/28640/
Extremis film on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80106307
We Really Need to Talk is funded by the Finger Lakes Geriatrics Education Center at the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute. Editing and production support provided by Dr. Becky Lane and Jay Williamson at the Center for Creative Technology at Ithaca College.
Web: www.ithaca.edu/gerontology-institute
Email us icgi@ithaca.edu