My Ordinary Life: Ask the Experts about Death and Dying (S2:E4)

Welcome to the final episode in the second season of our podcast, ‘My Ordinary Life’. This new season is all about talking openly with people with a learning disability about death and dying, the feelings we have when someone we love dies and how we can help people to feel more comfortable talking about these topics. This episode is hosted by Anthony Fothergill who is a member of Inclusion North’s Stop People Dying Too Young Group, he is joined by a panel of experts. They are Dr. Katy Vigurs, Dr. Lisa Baker, funeral director Alex Thornhill, and Emma Satchell from Dying To Help. T0gether, they talk about important questions like what happens when we die, what a coroner does, what a’ good death’ means and what a hospice is. They also talk about important topics like grief and end-of-life care. Visit the Inclusion North website: https://inclusionnorth.org/ Find our more about My Ordinary Life podcast https://inclusionnorth.org/our_work/my-ordinary-life-podcast/ Find out more about the Stop People Dying Too Young Group here. ( The Easy Read guides and videos that Emma Satchell and Dr Lisa Baker mention can also be found on this page. ) https://inclusionnorth.org/our_work/stop-people-dying-too-young-the-leder-programme/ Visit the Death Cafe website https://deathcafe.com/ Follow Inclusion North and My Ordinary Life on social media: https://www.facebook.com/InclusionNorth https://www.facebook.com/MyOrdinaryLifePodcast https://www.instagram.com/ordinarylife66/