Past Events
We All Grieve
In 2022 the Foundation invited Erin Matthes, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Art Therapy Counselor with a Masters in Thanatology and Melissa McCormick, President and founder of Find Your Fire to share Inspiring approaches to supporting children, teens and young...
Having the Last Word: Advanced Directives and Wills
Friday, June 18th at 7 pm. How to Clearly and formally communicate your end-of-life wishes should you be unable to communicate them yourself. With guidance from attorneys Liz Smith and Vance Sanders. Advance Directive 2021 (.docx) Download Transcript
Global Pandemic
In 2020 we were in the midst of planning a community forum and workshop on end of life and addressing intergenerational grief and trauma. We had providers from Providence hospital eager to join us and share their expertise along with counselors and local resource...
“When You’re Not There” Book Signing
Hosted by the Foundation for End of Life Care We are excited to announce the second edition of "A Guide for Helping Those You Love When You're Not There" and invite you to join us for light refreshments honoring Virginia "Ginny" Palmer and Hal Geiger with a reception...
Palliative Care 101: Integrating Support To Improve Care
The Foundation for End of Life Care is bringing two speakers for a free public lecture addressing the topic of palliative care, to be held on November 2, 2018 at 5:30 pm in Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall, 320 Willoughby Street. Dr. Ursula McVeigh Dr. Ursula McVeigh is the...
Premiere Television Showing Of “Finding A Better Path To The End Of Life”
"Finding a Better Path to the End of Life with Dr. Jessica Zitter" is scheduled to premiere on 360 North TV on Friday, November 10, 2017 at 8 PM. It will repeat that evening at 11 PM and Sunday, November 12 at 2 PM. It will also reair a few more times over that...
Conversations With Dr. Jessica Zitter On Facing End Of Life
On Tuesday, October 3, 2017, nearly two hundred people came to the Centennial Hall in Juneau, Alaska to hear critical care physician Dr. Jessica Zitter speak. She recently wrote a book called Extreme Measures, which tells the story of her struggles to find meaning...
Jessica Zitter, MD, MPH
The Foundation for End of Life Care will be bringing Jessica Zitter, MD, MPH to Juneau for a free public lecture on October 3, 2017 at 6:30 pm in Centennial Hall. Dr. Zitter is the author of the newly released and well-received book Extreme Measures: Finding a Better...
