Author / Monica Delles
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Caring Conversations Materials
The Caring Conversations® Workbook will guide you, your family and your friends through the process of advance care planning.
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Hundreds Connect with Voices of the Unheard
More than 300 guests viewed 72 works of art created by artists Marn Jensen and Andy Newcom, lingering at each one to read the history behind the physical representation of each elder’s wish.
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CEO John Carney Honored by Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association
Missouri Hospice & Palliative Care Association honored our CEO John Carney with the Heart of Hospice Visionary Award at a virtual event on May 4.
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Targeting the Uneven Burden of Kidney Disease on Black Americans
New treatments for kidney disease in Black Americans aim for a gene variant causing the illness in people of sub-Saharan African descent. Some experts, including Erika Blacksher at the Center, worry that focus will neglect the social inequities that affect the onset of kidney disease.
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Payne Palliative Care Leadership Award Recipient Announced
The Hastings Center, in collaboration with the Cunniff-Dixon Foundation, announced on May 17, 2022, the winner of the first bi-annual award in honor of the Center’s late beloved John B. Francis Chair, Dr. Richard Payne.
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Art of the Wish on Fox 4 News in Kansas City
Fox 4 News in Kansas City interviewed the Center for Practical Bioethics President and CEO John G. Carney about Art of the Wish, as well as the talented artists behind the exhibit, at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center on May 3, 2022.
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Exhibit and Fundraiser at Leedy Voulkos Art Center: “Art of the Wish”
Highlights of Art of the Wish, the Center’s 2022 annual fundraising event, including quotes from the Center’s CEO, John G. Carney, are published in the KC Studio Magazine on May 3, 2022.
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The Case of Non-Beneficial Care
80-year male with multiple medical problems is nonresponsive to medical teams.
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Art Exhibit Supporting the Center Celebrates Wishes of Older Adults
Read about the Center’s 2022 annual fundraising event, Art of the Wish, including quotes from the Center’s CEO, John G. Carney, on page 5 of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle published on April 28, 2022.
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Exhibit Celebrating the Wishes of Elders Evokes Strong Emotions
Art of the Wish, an exhibit celebrating stories that matter and wishes that change lives. Read how Mary Carol Garrity’s life was changed.
