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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead #NationalBirdDay Artificial or stuffed doves were popular additions to funeral flowers . Seen here on Gates Ajar, pillow and sheaf-of-wheat arrangements.

Floral Gates Ajar funeral flowers with a young man's photograph inside the gates, with a stuffed dove atop the peak.

A flower pillow -- funeral flowers, topped by a stuffed dove. The Odd Fellows chain and the word Lavette are at the bottom of the pillow.

A carved stand and shelf hold funeral wreaths of flowers, as well as a sheaf of wheat topped with a stuffed dove, standing on an easel.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Amen. (Community deathcare = love of life)

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Covered mortuary trolley, c.1895. The stretcher can be used separately from the wheeled base. The trolley was well used because the front wheels have been replaced with more modern equivalents. The trolley was donated to the Science Museum in 1979 by King Edward VII Hospital.

A wheeled trolley with a canvas covering to hide the dead body.

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Emily Tammam @emilytammam.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice open.substack.com/pub/emilytam...

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Maternal Grief-Writing as Transformative Practice

An essay

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Hearse--Elaborate Pattern, S.D. Kimbark's Catalog, 1876.

Fancy hearse with pleated skirt on driver's seat, elaborate urns and gallery on top, navette windows.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 24/09/2025

This starts next week if enough folks register- Several free seats, and “any donation you can afford” seats are available I really just want to get skills in hands to help folks negotiate the era that is upon us

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Riding the Roller Coaster Workshop: — What A Shrink Thinks

or grown-ups who have feelings

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Yes, this is community deathcare. It's a big tent.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Deathcare doings. A how-to on trouble-shooting shrouding with things we have at home. Community deathcare = MacGyver

Photo of National Burial Association headquarters and video being made on shrouding, with items laid out on kitchen table.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 13/09/2025

The recent national histrionics assure me that we need spaces to understand the link between supremacy triumphalism and death denial more than ever. We can’t even speak accurately of the dead. I’m doing my tiny part. Free seats available

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Mortality Workshop | Explore Mortality Mindfully — What A Shrink Thinks

Join our online interactive workshop to deepen your understanding of mortality and develop healthier responses to the life's existential realities.

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Sarah Wootton @sarahwootton.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Lords urged to scrutinise but not block assisted dying law "We must do our job in this House, and our job is not to frustrate, it is to scrutinise," @BBCNews www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly0d1vg0e2o

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Lords urged to scrutinise but not block assisted dying law

MPs in the Commons backed the Terminally Ill Adults Bill by a majority of 23 in June this year.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Highly recommend! And coming together in community is in and of itself soothing to our ragged hearts.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

What do you think, #Bluesky? Is assisted death something that should be available only to the dying, or is it a human right?

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Association for the Study of Death and Society @asdsdeath.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Share your skills and experience with someone beginning their career in #deathstudies. We are still looking for mentors for the ASDS Early Career Mentoring scheme. Find out more and apply by 22 September. deathandsociety.org/mentoring/ @ddd17-2025.bsky.social

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Centre for Open Thanatology @openthanatology.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

September 11th - for some, this day brings up questions about how do we make sense of the loss from sudden events. This article gives some insights and reflects on several examples www.open.edu/openlearn/he... #ThanatologyThursday

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Making sense of sudden mass deaths

Sudden, brutal death; and so many deaths, at one time. What does it do to you to be one of the bereaved in such a traumatic event such as the 9/11 attacks or a pandemic like Covid-19?

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Hey #bluesky #booksky, feeling the need for community and conversation? One that's gathered around understanding how the existential fear of death drives us towards oppression and violence? Online, free to join, free PDF, and a sweet discount on the book, Radical Mindfulness.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Learn the warning signs. Keep the conversation going. Ask for help.

World Suicide Prevention Day September 10th with a yellow ribbon.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Looking to improve your bedside/end-of-life skills? This online program through the University of Toronto is topnotch.

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 10/09/2025

Obituary for Oliver Russell (1936-2025), a psychiatrist who championed the rights of people with learning disabilities. Russell fought to get people with learning disabilities out of long-stay institutions and living "ordinary" lives in the community www.bmj.com/content/390/...

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

This will be a great conversation- consider joining!

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

We still do this! Funeral homes offer all sorts of "personalized" tchotchkes for the casket.

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 09/09/2025

Nothing makes me feel more ashamed at work than the plight of patients stranded in corridors, nooks, crannies & dark corners of wards with neither call bells nor oxygen - because we simply do not have sufficient NHS hospital beds. It's utterly, absolutely wrong. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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One in five inpatients left to wait in hospital corridors in England, CQC finds

Survey of adults who stayed in hospital in November 2024 also finds 10% waited more than 24 hours to be admitted

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Community deathcare is intrinsically concerned with climate change.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

However long the day, evening will come.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

We are staunchly opposed to this kind of death.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

What's your favorite flick about grief or death? Maybe it's not one that tackles the topic directly, but is part of the supporting cast...much like real life. One that comes to mind is Lars and the Real Girl. Billed as a comedy-drama, it is imbued with grief and loss. #lifeimitatesart #deathcare

Promotional poster for Lars and the Real Good, with Ryan Gosling sitting in an arm chair holding a bouquet of flowers.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Online, so join this UK festival and grief webinar from your corner of the world!

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Seeing the flood of posts from deathcare folkx that are clearly AI generated is step one... Keep the community in community care/deathcare.

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My Parents Are Dead: What Now? @deadparentswhatnow.com · 02/09/2025

Join me on a walk through Amsterdam’s de Nieuwe Ooster cemetery, which I may or may not know how to pronounce. #deathpositive #cemetery #amsterdam

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Community deathcare also supports community healthcare. Access, quality, and compassion are some of the values that matter in care across the lifespan. Preventative care can ensure the years we're granted are good ones, and untimely death is avoided.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Summer holidays are over! Great learning/gatherings/conversations on the horizon!

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

War = death, so this is definitely in our wheelhouse. Avoiding excess death while also mitigating climate change; hard yes.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Deathcare, culture, and pride in labour. Happy long weekend!

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

"The caoineadh (keening) was not for entertainment, it was fundamental to the wake. This may explain why there is so little folklore material specific to keening, recordings or such."

Group of Irish women keening over the death bed.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There's healthy engagement with mortality and there's nihilism. One frames life as a precious gift, the other creates a callousness towards suffering.

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Community Deathcare @communitydeathcare.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

We can be advocates for meaningful engagement with dying and death while fully supporting universal healthcare and a good life. They aren't contradictions. It's more like a dovetail joint. (Carpentry reference to stay on God's good side.)

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Raven’s Call : Aging & End of Life guide in Oregon @endoflifecare.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Completed Life Initiative recently compared the number of MAiD prescriptions written vs the number of people who took the medications. Last year there was quite a difference. Conclusion: Simply having their DwD Rx or having the meds in their home provides comfort to some nearing death.

Screenshot of part of an email from Completed Life Initiative, reading "Medical Aid-in-Dying: Increase in Prescriptions, Decrease in Usage
The Oregon Health Authority released a 2024 report revealing that although prescriptions for medical aid-in-dying (MAiD) increased slightly from the prior year, there was an overall decrease in the number of patients who actually used the medication. This indicates that many people find psychological comfort in knowing that they have the option to navigate their end-of-life journey on their own terms, even if they don’t end up taking the prescription.
Contrary to the claims of the opposition, the fact that Oregon now allows out-of-state residents to access MAiD has not resulted in an exponential demand for this option."

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