Virtual Program: Ask A … Hospice Social Worker

Virtual Program
Join thanatologist Matilda Garrido and former hospice social worker (now in private practice) Carolyn Garnter, LCSW,FT, to discuss the spiritual and emotional care offered to those in hospice. Matilda and Carolyn will discuss the benefits of hospice and how this model of whole patient care changes the experience of the patient and family in the last days and weeks. Matilda and Carolyn will also discuss some of the common end of life experiences, including dreams and visions, shared by those approaching end of life. A Q&A will follow the program. Free (suggested donation $10).

From Mark Twain’s ghost haunting the “House of Death” on West 10th Street to the multiple cemeteries underneath Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village has a long association with death and the afterlife. In keeping with its neighborhood’s theme, the Merchant’s House Museum seeks to lift the veil around death and dying as we move into the 21st century.

In our second year of the popular “Ask A…” series, thanatologist Matilda Garrido interviews those working in the fields of end of life and beyond. Join us for historical perspective, emerging ideas, and open discussion around topics usually hidden.

Carolyn Gartner, LCSW, FT is the founder of The Center For Integrated Grief, a group therapy practice. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a Fellow in Thanatology (the study of dying, death and bereavement). Prior to this she worked in hospice for 9 years. Her book, Death, Brooklyn, and the Gritty Side of Grace, is about her experiences. She hosts a podcast on YouTube with the same name. She has been interviewed by HuPost, Parade Magazine and American Tributaries Podcast.