The Faces of Courageous Conversations
Are your conversations courageous? Have you taken the time to have those uncomfortable but necessary talks with loved ones about the inevitable? These are critical questions, but maybe the real question is: How do we continue to live courageously and well with advanced illness? Though many of us have prepared for our death, the reality is we will more likely live with advanced complex illness for many years. Rather than how do we survive it — how do we live well in it?
The John and Cathy Belcher Institute was founded for just those purposes. Our mission is to transform the way we think about, and provide, comprehensive and holistic care for people living with advanced complex illness. The Belcher Institute brings together regional and national partners to collaborate and meet this challenge. These questions were barely asked a decade ago, but now we have the need for answers and possibly more important the need for conversations!
John and Cathy Belcher with Shauna Chabot, MBA, CFRE, Belcher Institute’s Executive Director and Chief Advancement Officer for Hospice of the Chesapeake, are asking these questions today and in the future through community outreach and education.
The John & Cathy Belcher Institute at Hospice of the Chesapeake 410-987-2003 www.hospicechesapeake.org
