Create Better-Endings

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More than two million people die each year in the United States. Too often they are in care settings they would not choose and surrounded by confusion and pain - this does not have to be.

Bring your questions and join us for insight, information and inspiration as top professionals lead a respectful and thought-provoking examination of life, death and dying. The goal: creating better endings.

This unique series is presented by H.E.L.P. (Healthcare and Elder Law Programs Corporation), the nationally-recognized Torrance-based non-profit education and counseling center for older adults and families. See better-endings.org for more information.

Planned presenters include: Dr. Miriam Cotler, Visiting Professor at UCLA and Loyola Marymount University, consulting ethicist to various hospitals and the CMA Ethics Advisory Council; Rev. Dr. Brad DeFord, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Director of Spiritual Care and Bereavement Services; Mary Hersh, RN, MSN, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Manager of Palliative Care Program; Rev. Dan Hudson, Little Company of Mary San Pedro Hospital, Director of Spiritual Care; Dr. Glen Komatsu, Little Company of Mary Hospital, Director, Doak Center for Palliative Care, Medical Director, TrinityKids Care Pediatric Palliative Care and Hospice; Edward Long, Esq., Executive Director, H.E.L.P.; Dr. Roberta Mann, Director of the Torrance Memorial Burn and Wound Healing Center, immediate past chair of Bioethics Committee; Claire Towle, LCSW, Director, The Gathering Place, Redondo Beach.