For Immediate Release:
Dateline: Albuquerque,
NM
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
 Hospice enables people facing end-of-life to die at home, or at least in a supportive environment with as much comfort as possible. Unfortunately, about 35% of patients who go on hospice access this service less than seven days before dying. They are literally at death’s door when they enroll.
Even though 75% of Americans say they want to die at home, less than 25% of us do. The Southwest Regional Hospice and Palliative Care Symposium, taking place January 19 & 20, 2024 in El Paso, will help the healthcare professionals in these fields. Physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors, health educators, and all other allied healthcare professionals will advance their knowledge and skills supporting patients facing end-of-life. The event takes place at the Starlight Event Center, 6650 Continental Drive, El Paso, Texas. Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, will present “Taking Death Out of the Hospital” at the symposium. She will present comedic and serious film clips about hospice, hospitals, and funeral planning, share her personal stories of hospice deaths, and offer lessons for improving the experience. This one-hour presentation will take place on Friday, January 19 at 12:45 p.m. Other symposium speakers will cover topics such as palliative care, cancer, pediatric medicine, and pain killing drugs. View the full schedule here. The conference is being held by Hospice El Paso, the city’s first and oldest hospice, governed by a nonprofit organization. Gail Rubin’s presentation is sponsored by Perches Funeral Homes, which provides funeral, memorial, aftercare, pre-planning, and cremation services in El Paso and the surrounding areas. Rubin will also present a professional development session to Perches staff. Gail Rubin, CT, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor and film clips to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she “knocked ’em dead” with her TEDx talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She’s the author of four books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die and The Before I Die Festival in a Box™. She’s an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival. Learn more at her websites, www.AGoodGoodbye.com and www.BeforeIDieFestivals.com. Related
Gail Rubin, CT, is author and host of the award-winning book and television series, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die and The Before I Die Festival in a Box™.
Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist (that's a death educator) and a popular speaker who uses humor and films to get the end-of-life and funeral planning conversation started. She "knocked 'em dead" with her TEDx talk, A Good Goodbye. She provides continuing education credit classes for attorneys, doctors, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, financial planners, funeral directors and other professionals. She's a Certified Funeral Celebrant and funeral planning consultant who has been interviewed in national and local print, broadcast and online media.
Known as The Doyenne of Death®, she is the event coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival and author of a guide to holding such festivals. Her podcast is also called The Doyenne of Death®. She produces videos about the funeral business and related topics. Her YouTube Channel features hundreds of videos!
Rubin is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association, Toastmasters International and the National Speakers Association. Her speaking profile is available at eSpeakers.com.
Gail Rubin has been interviewed about funeral planning issues in national and local broadcast, print and online media. Outlets include The Huffington Post, Money Magazine, Kiplinger, CBS Radio News, WGN-TV, and local affiliates for NPR, PBS, FOX, ABC-TV, CBS-TV and NBC-TV. Albuquerque Business First named her as one of their 2019 Women of Influence.
Sign up for a free planning form and occasional informative newsletter at her website, AGoodGoodbye.com.
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