Winter, 2012

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As most of you know, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross changed the face of dying and living around the world. Whatever your native language we’d like to welcome you to the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation’s website and international virtual “home” for the continuation of Elisabeth’s rich and expansive legacy.

This month, we invite you to take a global view of Elisabeth’s work.

As you may know, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, humanitarian, physician, and hospice pioneer wrote the landmark “On Death and Dying” in 1969. Still the best selling work in the field, this book raised the consciousness of the world about the plight of dying people ad their families. What you may not know is that she authored 24 books published in 34 languages.

The scope and reach of Elisabeth’s work still continues and every year, we hear from thousands of you asking for resources to help get you through crises which affect you, your families, and your community. We’re also hearing from you that you’re concerned about the greater community in which you live: your neighbors whether they are a few hundred or a few thousand miles away.

Some visitors to the website have asked:

“What can we do to help those suffering in Japan?”

“Is anyone helping out in Haiti? I’m still worried about those suffering from the earthquake of two years ago.”

“What would Elisabeth say to my dying father in Africa?”

In response to your questions and concerns, we’ve created avenues for sharing our resources with you via the following: YouTube

Viewers now have access to 21 YouTube videos of Elisabeth, sharing her thoughts and comprehensive understanding on all kinds of topics relating to Life, Death and Dying. Please access and share these videos via the Kubler-Ross Foundation Channel on YouTube. More videos are being added every week so please check in frequently for new content.

International Groups Listing

Please feel free to get in touch with any of the organizations listed if you need information or assistance.

International Forum on Our Website

This feature is designed to encourage discussion among those living in countries where more palliative care and end-of-life care information and resources are needed.

Located on the left column of our Home Page, click on the International Forum button to see if your country is listed. If it is, please sign on. If you live in a country that is not listed, please let us know and we will create a forum for you! Please feel free to email us at info@ekrfoundation.org if you need assistance.

Open to Hope

We invite you to you take a peek at a new book the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation wrote the foreword for Open to Hope, Inspirational Stories of Healing After Loss.

We are proud to have participated in this worthwhile project and support the continued work of Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley and the Open to Hope Foundation.

Open to Hope:

Inspirational Stories of Healing After Loss

Losing a loved one can be an intensely isolating experience. At times you may feel as if you are the only person who has ever known such anguish. Helping you find hope again is our mission in Open to Hope: Inspirational Stories of Healing After Loss. Whether your loved one died last week or last decade, we know you can benefit from the wisdom of those who have negotiated the long days and nights of the grief journey. Compiled in this book are entries written by more than one hundred contributors to the Open To Hope Foundation’s website. By reading about their experiences, may you find similar paths to healing. It is our heartfelt hope that as you read, you will think, “If they can make it, so can I.” We too have grieved deeply and know what it’s like to experience dark days with no light to lead us. Whenever you run out of hope and can’t find the light to guide you, we invite you to lean on our hope until you find your own.

100 percent of proceeds from all books go to the Open to Hope Foundation. International Advisory Group

We are creating a committee of professionals who can keep us all informed of the latest news in global hospice and palliative care. This network will allow us to stay up-to-date regarding initiatives, care concerns, and legislation that affects you, wherever you may live.

This group will also include those Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation affiliate directors worldwide, so they too, can connect with the greater global community.

Translation Feature If you look at the “translation” button on the bottom of the left column, you will see we’ve added a feature that will allow the computer to translate the content on the page you are on. We hope this helps to share Elisabeth’s message directly to you and your loved ones.

In addition we’d also like to welcome the addition of a new member to our Foundation board:

Carole Fisher, CEO of Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, Nevada, joined us June 1, 2011. You can read Carole’s bio on our About The Foundation page.

Resources In 1979, Elisabeth hand-wrote and illustrated “The Dougy Letter” for a young boy dying of cancer. This poignant little book explains life and death in a way that children understand. The Dougy Letter is now in its second printing and is available for purchase through the Foundation store .

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The EKR Foundation – where the spirit of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross lives on.

“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms, you would never see the beauty of their carvings.”

— Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

 

 

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