Hosted by Park University's Center to Advance the Study of Loss

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About this Death Cafe

The Park University Death Cafe' came to fruition from the discovery of  "Death Cafe'" during a Death, Dying, and Bereavement class exercise in the Fall of 2014.  The class became interested in the topic and a local Death Cafe's was attended by the Professor and one of the students. 

About Park University's Center to Advance the Study of Loss

Center to Advance the Study of Loss

CASL is the result of a partnership that started three years ago when Tulsa, Okla., based Crossroads Hospice, one of the nation’s leading providers of hospice care, provided a $10,000 grant for a new program to pair Park students from a wide variety of disciplines — including nursing, psychology, social work and journalism — with Crossroads Hospice patients to document patients’ life stories by creating personalized memory books. This year, Crossroads Hospice awarded Park a $100,000 grant to launch Park’s Center to Advance the Study of Loss. 

With Dr. Laurel Hilliker as the executive director, CASL will provide multidimensional services to include: 

• Continuing education workshops, conferences and publications to support nurses, physicians, social workers, hospice administrators and volunteers, clergy, police officers, emergency medical technicians, counselors and other professionals dealing with end-of-life issues in their respective fields.
• Public education and awareness programs with the aim to dispel misconceptions surrounding death and bereavement.
• Expanded interdisciplinary opportunities for Park students, including a bereavement studies curriculum, and graduate and undergraduate degrees in hospice and palliative studies.