Death Cafe
What it is: Hosting a safe space for people to gather and to give people back the skill of how to care for someone they love at the end of life and helpful community resources for aging well and living well. Caring for the dying was a skill that 100 years ago was handed down generation to generation- but today is all but lost.
A Good Death, Good Life Café™ is a free, monthly, community-based gathering created to bring people together in a safe, inclusive, non-medical space to talk openly about:
Living well
Aging well
Caregiving
Grief and loss
End-of-life support and education
Local and national resources that support families
The Café model was created by Suzanne B. O'Brien RN founder of the Doulagivers Institute in response to a growing global aging and caregiving crisis and the widespread lack of accessible education, support, and community around death and dying.
The Café is not therapy, not clinical care, and not a sales event.
It is a community conversation grounded in compassion, respect, listening, and shared learning.
Everyone is welcome.
There is no right or wrong reason to attend.
Why It's important: There are 78 Million People over the age of 65 in the United States. 9/10 people say they want to be cared for at home when terminally ill..
A Recent Medicare survey determined that 98% of the end of life care is done by family caregivers- even when hospice is on board.
Most families do not know the first thing about HOW to do end of life care.
The ANSWER: Learn the lost skill and get the resources you need
What you can do: Join us and learn the skills of how to care for someone who is dying BEFORE you ever need it. Share THE GOOD DEATH/GOOD LIFE CAFE Campaign. We are bringing back the concept of "community taking care of community" ~ and THIS is how we change the world.
Why the Cafe Exists
Across the world, people are living longer—but many are not living or aging well.
Individuals and families often face:
Fear and isolation around aging and death
Caregiver overwhelm and burnout
Unresolved grief and loss
Lack of preparation for serious illness or end-of-life
Confusion about available resources
While medicine plays an essential role, it cannot meet these needs alone.
A good death is not just a medical outcome-it is a human right and a shared community responsibility.
The Good Death, Good Life Café™ exists to:
Restore community connection
Normalize conversations we've been taught to avoid
Support caregivers and families
Increase death awareness and preparedness
Help people live more fully by facing what matters most (wisdom learned from the dying)
"We simply forgot, Death is not a medical experience- its a human one"
~ Suzanne B. O'Brien RN
