Walking Each Other Home: Weaving end-of-life supports into a community garden
Aging & Society Seminar Series
Event Details
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Monday, October 24, 2016
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Building: Bata Library
Room: AJM Smith Room 107.1
Cost: Free
Dr. Pauline Marsh, Registered Nurse and Lecturer with the Centre for Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Australia (UTAS) will talk about a project that saw a community garden in southern Tasmania, Australia, collaborate with UTAS to explore how to provide better support for people at the end-of-life or in bereavement. The findings of Dr. Marsh's work points to a therapeutic nexus between community gardens, grief and dying.
All are welcome and lunch will be served after the talk. Please RSVP via email to Justin Sutton justindsutton@trentu.ca