How to Achieve a Good Death with Chris Palmer, author of Achieving a Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life 

Author and end-of-life activist Chris Palmer explains how a good death is achievable. Bloomsbury published his latest book, Achieving a Good Death: A Practical Guide to the End of Life, in October 2024.

 There is an art to dying well that can be taught and learned. While death is inevitable, dying badly is not. Chris will help to reduce the fear that often cloaks discussions about death and dying and give the audience some of the knowledge and skills needed to achieve a peaceful and gentle death. 

He will discuss living well to die well, death cleaning, advance directives, dementia riders, ethical wills, hospice, end-of-life doulas, end-of-life options, body disposition, funeral planning, and other topics. 

Chris, a trained hospice volunteer, frequently gives pro bono presentations and workshops to community groups on aging, death, and dying issues. He founded and leads an aging, death, and dying group for the Bethesda Metro Area Village and serves on the board of several nonprofits focused on end-of-life issues. Proceeds from all his books fund scholarships for American University students. Before becoming involved in end-of-life issues, he spent forty years as a wildlife and conservation filmmaker. To learn more about Chris, visit www.ChrisPalmerOnline.com.

This program is a part of the Living Well Ending Well series to educate members on various medical and wellness topics. This is a LWEW small group presentation for members only and will be hosted on Zoom. Registration is required.