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Oasis and Nine PBS Present Going Your Way

Oasis and Nine PBS Present…

Oasis is proud to play an integral role in Going Your Way, a Nine PBS documentary that focuses on the personal, medical, and spiritual issues surrounding end-of-life care, the options available, and steps that can be taken to put those wishes to practical use. The documentary’s title highlights the active role many people are now taking to ensure their death goes according to their own plans and wishes. End-of-life planning doesn’t have to be painful. We’ll learn from the experts and real people who have stories to share about preparing for life and death.

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Crowd of business people at sunset, London, England

Oasis and Nine PBS Present Going Your Way

Oasis and Nine PBS Present…

Oasis is proud to play an integral role in Going Your Way, a Nine PBS documentary that focuses on the personal, medical, and spiritual issues surrounding end-of-life care, the options available, and steps that can be taken to put those wishes to practical use. The documentary’s title highlights the active role many people are now taking to ensure their death goes according to their own plans and wishes. End-of-life planning doesn’t have to be painful. We’ll learn from the experts and real people who have stories to share about preparing for life and death.

Where to Watch

Oasis and Nine PBS Present Going Your Way

Oasis and Nine PBS Present…

Oasis is proud to play an integral role in Going Your Way, a Nine PBS documentary that focuses on the personal, medical, and spiritual issues surrounding end-of-life care, the options available, and steps that can be taken to put those wishes to practical use. The documentary’s title highlights the active role many people are now taking to ensure their death goes according to their own plans and wishes. End-of-life planning doesn’t have to be painful. We’ll learn from the experts and real people who have stories to share about preparing for life and death.

Where to Watch

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Complete your advance directive.

An advance directive is a form where you can designate your healthcare proxy, the person (or people) you trust to make medical decisions for you if you’ve ever unable to make them for yourself. You can also describe on these forms what kinds of medical treatments you would and wouldn’t want.

Talk with the important people in your life.

Your healthcare proxy and others who eventually may be involved in decisions about your care need to know what’s important to you at end of life. That helps them make decisions consistent with what you would want. These resources help you prepare for conversations with those people and outline what topics to cover and how to bring them up.

Learn more.

Get yourself up to speed about the range of resources and options available for people with serious illness. Whether you’re a current caregiver or you might be one in the future, being informed is the best kind of preparation.

Complete your advance directive.

An advance directive is a form where you can designate your healthcare proxy, the person (or people) you trust to make medical decisions for you if you’ve ever unable to make them for yourself. You can also describe on these forms what kinds of medical treatments you would and wouldn’t want.

Talk with the important people in your life.

Your healthcare proxy and others who eventually may be involved in decisions about your care need to know what’s important to you at end of life. That helps them make decisions consistent with what you would want. These resources help you prepare for conversations with those people and outline what topics to cover and how to bring them up.

Learn more.

Get yourself up to speed about the range of resources and options available for people with serious illness. Whether you’re a current caregiver or you might be one in the future, being informed is the best kind of preparation.

Complete your advance directive.

An advance directive is a form where you can designate your healthcare proxy, the person (or people) you trust to make medical decisions for you if you’ve ever unable to make them for yourself. You can also describe on these forms what kinds of medical treatments you would and wouldn’t want.

Talk with the important people in your life.

Your healthcare proxy and others who eventually may be involved in decisions about your care need to know what’s important to you at end of life. That helps them make decisions consistent with what you would want. These resources help you prepare for conversations with those people and outline what topics to cover and how to bring them up.

End-of-Life Resources

Advance Care Planning & End-of-Life Conversations

End-of-Life Resources

Advance Care Planning & End-of-Life Conversations

No Cost

With Fee for Some Features (with some free informational resources)

Information about Palliative Care

General Planning for Later Life

For Healthcare Professionals and Systems

Good Books

  • The Art of Dying Well, Katy Butler
  • A Beginner’s Guide to the End, B.J. Miller & Shoshana Berger
  • Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  • Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life, Ira Byock
  • Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond, Jane Brody
  • Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness, Lynn, Shuster, & Harrold
  • When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
  • Gratitude, Oliver Sacks
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No Cost

With Fee for Some Features (with some free informational resources)

Information about Palliative Care

General Planning for Later Life

For Healthcare Professionals and Systems

Good Books

  • The Art of Dying Well, Katy Butler
  • A Beginner’s Guide to the End, B.J. Miller & Shoshana Berger
  • Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  • Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life, Ira Byock
  • Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond, Jane Brody
  • Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness, Lynn, Shuster, & Harrold
  • When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
  • Gratitude, Oliver Sacks
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Help Texts
Sign up to receive expert tips and resources straight to your phone. Help Texts offers clinically sound text support for people caring for a loved one with a terminal illness or grieving a loss. Your messages will be tailored based on diagnosis, cause of death, relationship and more, and include clinically sound resources from over a hundred therapists, nurses, doctors, thanatologists, and neuroscientists.

Try our service free for one month with no credit card required and no obligation to extend.

Learn About Oasis Resources

Learn About Oasis Resources

Questions about Oasis end-of-life planning resources and classes? Fill out the form below and a member of our team will contact you shortly.

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No Cost

With Fee for Some Features (with some free informational resources)

Information about Palliative Care

General Planning for Later Life

For Healthcare Professionals and Systems

Good Books

  • The Art of Dying Well, Katy Butler
  • A Beginner’s Guide to the End, B.J. Miller & Shoshana Berger
  • Being Mortal, Atul Gawande
  • Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life, Ira Byock
  • Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond, Jane Brody
  • Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness, Lynn, Shuster, & Harrold
  • When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
  • Gratitude, Oliver Sacks
Help Texts - Bubble Green

Sign up to receive expert tips and resources straight to your phone. Help Texts offers clinically sound text support for people caring for a loved one with a terminal illness or grieving a loss. Your messages will be tailored based on diagnosis, cause of death, relationship and more, and include clinically sound resources from over a hundred therapists, nurses, doctors, thanatologists, and neuroscientists.

Try our service free for one month with no credit card required and no obligation to extend.

Learn About Oasis Resources

Learn About Oasis Resources

Questions about Oasis end-of-life planning resources and classes? Fill out the form below and a member of our team will contact you shortly.

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Oasis Classes

Oasis offers in-person and virtual classes on the topic of end of life matters across 7 locations nationwide. Click the home icon in each box to jump to the city’s classes. Class listings will be updated each month.

Albuquerque Oasis Classes

(505) 884-4529

Albuquerque Oasis Classes

(505) 884-4529

A Gentle Return: How Choosing a Natural Burial Benefi ts Our Environment & Community
Class #114
Thursday, May 21
10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Instructors: Bryan Beard & Claire McFadyen
$15

Burial has been part of human cultural traditions for thousands of years. However, contemporary discussions of death have typically been reserved for behind the closed doors of funeral homes, and only recently has there been a renewed desire for the community to become active participants in the death process. This class discusses what natural burial is, how it benefits the environment, and the rights that you have to care for your loved ones a er death.

A Gentle Return: How Choosing a Natural Burial Benefi ts Our Environment & Community
Class #114
Thursday, May 21
10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Instructors: Bryan Beard & Claire McFadyen
$15

Burial has been part of human cultural traditions for thousands of years. However, contemporary discussions of death have typically been reserved for behind the closed doors of funeral homes, and only recently has there been a renewed desire for the community to become active participants in the death process. This class discusses what natural burial is, how it benefits the environment, and the rights that you have to care for your loved ones a er death.

A Gentle Return: How Choosing a Natural Burial Benefi ts Our Environment & Community
Class #114
Thursday, May 21
10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Instructors: Bryan Beard & Claire McFadyen
$15

Burial has been part of human cultural traditions for thousands of years. However, contemporary discussions of death have typically been reserved for behind the closed doors of funeral homes, and only recently has there been a renewed desire for the community to become active participants in the death process. This class discusses what natural burial is, how it benefits the environment, and the rights that you have to care for your loved ones a er death.

San Antonio Oasis Classes

(210) 236-5954

San Antonio Oasis Classes

(210) 236-5954

My Wishes, My Desires
Class #313
Tuesday, June 30
5:30–7 p.m.
Instructor: Autumn Puckett, Attorney at Law
Location: Oasis at the Meadows
$8

If you want to control your own end-of-life decisions, you need to be very clear in your wishes and desires with your family and the courts. Attorney Autumn Puckett knows the questions and answers in making sure your wishes and desires are followed when the time comes.

My Wishes, My Desires
Class #313
Tuesday, June 30
5:30–7 p.m.
Instructor: Autumn Puckett, Attorney at Law
Location: Oasis at the Meadows
$8

If you want to control your own end-of-life decisions, you need to be very clear in your wishes and desires with your family and the courts. Attorney Autumn Puckett knows the questions and answers in making sure your wishes and desires are followed when the time comes.

My Wishes, My Desires
Class #313
Tuesday, June 30
5:30–7 p.m.
Instructor: Autumn Puckett, Attorney at Law
Location: Oasis at the Meadows
$8

If you want to control your own end-of-life decisions, you need to be very clear in your wishes and desires with your family and the courts. Attorney Autumn Puckett knows the questions and answers in making sure your wishes and desires are followed when the time comes.

San Diego Oasis Classes

La Mesa, (619) 881-6262
Rancho Bernardo, (858) 240-2880

San Diego Oasis Classes

La Mesa, (619) 881-6262
Rancho Bernardo, (858) 240-2880

Grief Support Group
Class #1367
Wednesdays, July 1 – August 19
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Rolandas Kausas, Chaplain
Location: In-Person or Online | Lifelong Learning Center
$0

A death changes those left behind. The grief that follows such a loss is natural and normal, but many of us have unexpected reactions. VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® of San Diego invites you to attend our one-hour monthly drop-in group. Come learn about the symptoms of grief, what you may experience, and how to respond to occasional hurtful statements made by well-meaning people in your life.

Grief Support Group
Class #1367
Wednesdays, July 1 – August 19
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Rolandas Kausas, Chaplain
Location: In-Person or Online | Lifelong Learning Center
$0

A death changes those left behind. The grief that follows such a loss is natural and normal, but many of us have unexpected reactions. VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® of San Diego invites you to attend our one-hour monthly drop-in group. Come learn about the symptoms of grief, what you may experience, and how to respond to occasional hurtful statements made by well-meaning people in your life.

Grief Support Group
Class #1367
Wednesdays, July 1 – August 19
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Rolandas Kausas, Chaplain
Location: In-Person or Online | Lifelong Learning Center
$0

A death changes those left behind. The grief that follows such a loss is natural and normal, but many of us have unexpected reactions. VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® of San Diego invites you to attend our one-hour monthly drop-in group. Come learn about the symptoms of grief, what you may experience, and how to respond to occasional hurtful statements made by well-meaning people in your life.

Syracuse Oasis Classes

(315) 464-6555

Syracuse Oasis Classes

(315) 464-6555

Death Cafe
Class #306
Wednesday, June 3
2–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Kristin Barrett-Anderson, owner Bring Home Death
Location: HealthLink Room
$0

At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.

Death Cafe
Class #307
Monday, July 27
10–11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Kristin Barrett-Anderson, owner Bring Home Death
Location: HealthLink Room
$0

At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.

Death Cafe
Class #306
Wednesday, June 3
2–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Kristin Barrett-Anderson, owner Bring Home Death
Location: HealthLink Room
$0

At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.

Death Cafe
Class #307
Monday, July 27
10–11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Kristin Barrett-Anderson, owner Bring Home Death
Location: HealthLink Room
$0

At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.

Death Cafe
Class #306
Wednesday, June 3
2–3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Kristin Barrett-Anderson, owner Bring Home Death
Location: HealthLink Room
$0

At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.

Death Cafe
Class #307
Monday, July 27
10–11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Kristin Barrett-Anderson, owner Bring Home Death
Location: HealthLink Room
$0

At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. The objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.

St. Louis Oasis Classes

(314) 862-4859 ext. 24

St. Louis Oasis Classes

(314) 862-4859 ext. 24

Philosophical Cafe
Class #5041
Mondays, May 18 – August 17
10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Instructor: David Hilditch, PhD
Location: Clayton Oasis
$60

Join this open discussion, where participants share their thoughts about perennial and contemporary philosophical questions of meaning, value, and reality in a respectful and relaxed atmosphere. Past issues that have been discussed include: What is the value of knowing and not knowing? What is happiness? How can we make sense of death with dignity?

Philosophical Cafe
Class #5041
Mondays, May 18 – August 17
10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Instructor: David Hilditch, PhD
Location: Clayton Oasis
$60

Join this open discussion, where participants share their thoughts about perennial and contemporary philosophical questions of meaning, value, and reality in a respectful and relaxed atmosphere. Past issues that have been discussed include: What is the value of knowing and not knowing? What is happiness? How can we make sense of death with dignity?

Philosophical Cafe
Class #5041
Mondays, May 18 – August 17
10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Instructor: David Hilditch, PhD
Location: Clayton Oasis
$60

Join this open discussion, where participants share their thoughts about perennial and contemporary philosophical questions of meaning, value, and reality in a respectful and relaxed atmosphere. Past issues that have been discussed include: What is the value of knowing and not knowing? What is happiness? How can we make sense of death with dignity?

Washington D.C. Metro Oasis Classes

(240) 800-3745

Washington D.C. Metro Oasis Classes

(240) 800-3745

How to Plan a Meaningful and Affordable Funeral
Class #283
Wednesday, June 10
1–2 p.m.
Instructor: Barbara Blaylock, President, Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland and Environs
Location: Hybrid – At Oasis and Online
$5

Knowing your funeral options and rights reduces the risk of spending more than is necessary at a time of emotional distress when you may not be thinking clearly. Learn the steps to take now to make it easier on your family when your time comes, and to make it easier on yourself when you have to arrange after-death care for another. The Funeral Consumers Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating people about how to arrange meaningful, dignified, and affordable after-death care. This program is generously supported by the Frederick H. Bowis Community Fund.

Exploring Mortality: Emotional and Spiritual Tools for the End-of-Life Journey
Class #303
Wednesday, June 24
1–2:15 p.m.
Instructor: Rev. Dr. Brandon Brewer, Director, Adult Bereavement Services, CaringMatters
Location: Hybrid – At Oasis and Online
$5

Participants are invited into a compassionate conversation about the inner experience of dying. This presentation examines how fear, uncertainty, and grief shape the end-of-life process, and highlights supportive practices that foster meaning, connection, and peace. Through reflection and practical guidance, attendees will gain insight into the emotional and spiritual resources that help individuals and families navigate life’s final chapter with greater understanding and care. This program is generously supported by the Frederick H. Bowis Community Fund.

How to Plan a Meaningful and Affordable Funeral
Class #283
Wednesday, June 10
1–2 p.m.
Instructor: Barbara Blaylock, President, Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland and Environs
Location: Hybrid – At Oasis and Online
$5

Knowing your funeral options and rights reduces the risk of spending more than is necessary at a time of emotional distress when you may not be thinking clearly. Learn the steps to take now to make it easier on your family when your time comes, and to make it easier on yourself when you have to arrange after-death care for another. The Funeral Consumers Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating people about how to arrange meaningful, dignified, and affordable after-death care. This program is generously supported by the Frederick H. Bowis Community Fund.

Exploring Mortality: Emotional and Spiritual Tools for the End-of-Life Journey
Class #303
Wednesday, June 24
1–2:15 p.m.
Instructor: Rev. Dr. Brandon Brewer, Director, Adult Bereavement Services, CaringMatters
Location: Hybrid – At Oasis and Online
$5

Participants are invited into a compassionate conversation about the inner experience of dying. This presentation examines how fear, uncertainty, and grief shape the end-of-life process, and highlights supportive practices that foster meaning, connection, and peace. Through reflection and practical guidance, attendees will gain insight into the emotional and spiritual resources that help individuals and families navigate life’s final chapter with greater understanding and care. This program is generously supported by the Frederick H. Bowis Community Fund.

How to Plan a Meaningful and Affordable Funeral
Class #283
Wednesday, June 10
1–2 p.m.
Instructor: Barbara Blaylock, President, Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland and Environs
Location: Hybrid – At Oasis and Online
$5

Knowing your funeral options and rights reduces the risk of spending more than is necessary at a time of emotional distress when you may not be thinking clearly. Learn the steps to take now to make it easier on your family when your time comes, and to make it easier on yourself when you have to arrange after-death care for another. The Funeral Consumers Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating people about how to arrange meaningful, dignified, and affordable after-death care. This program is generously supported by the Frederick H. Bowis Community Fund.

Exploring Mortality: Emotional and Spiritual Tools for the End-of-Life Journey
Class #303
Wednesday, June 24
1–2:15 p.m.
Instructor: Rev. Dr. Brandon Brewer, Director, Adult Bereavement Services, CaringMatters
Location: Hybrid – At Oasis and Online
$5

Participants are invited into a compassionate conversation about the inner experience of dying. This presentation examines how fear, uncertainty, and grief shape the end-of-life process, and highlights supportive practices that foster meaning, connection, and peace. Through reflection and practical guidance, attendees will gain insight into the emotional and spiritual resources that help individuals and families navigate life’s final chapter with greater understanding and care. This program is generously supported by the Frederick H. Bowis Community Fund.

“In general, we know people who have conversations, who contemplate the end of their life, who talk with their family about what’ s important to them, who make arrangements and plans, they are more likely to have a good death experience and the people they leave behind are less likely to have regrets about how things played out.”

Carpenter-Brian

Dr. Brian Carpenter, Ph.D.

Interim Director of Clinical Training
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Professor of Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine
Co-Director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging

“With good end of life planning, who wins?  Everyone. Who wins the most? Our patients and families.”

“If time becomes short for you, what’s most important?”

Dr. Ira Kodner, MD

Washington University School of Medicine, Mary Culver Department of Surgery

“In general, we know people who have conversations, who contemplate the end of their life, who talk with their family about what’ s important to them, who make arrangements and plans, they are more likely to have a good death experience and the people they leave behind are less likely to have regrets about how things played out.”

Carpenter-Brian

Dr. Brian Carpenter, Ph.D.

Interim Director of Clinical Training
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Professor of Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine
Co-Director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging

“With good end of life planning, who wins?  Everyone. Who wins the most? Our patients and families.”

“If time becomes short for you, what’s most important?”

Dr. Ira Kodner, MD

Washington University School of Medicine, Mary Culver Department of Surgery

“In general, we know people who have conversations, who contemplate the end of their life, who talk with their family about what’ s important to them, who make arrangements and plans, they are more likely to have a good death experience and the people they leave behind are less likely to have regrets about how things played out.”

Carpenter-Brian

Dr. Brian Carpenter, Ph.D.

Interim Director of Clinical Training
Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Professor of Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine
Co-Director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging

“With good end of life planning, who wins?  Everyone. Who wins the most? Our patients and families.”

“If time becomes short for you, what’s most important?”

Dr. Ira Kodner, MD

Washington University School of Medicine, Mary Culver Department of Surgery

Community Engagement support for Going Your Way is provided by:

Millstone Foundation

Community Engagement support for Going Your Way is provided by:

Millstone Foundation

Community Engagement support for Going Your Way is provided by:

Millstone Foundation