The Completed Life Initiative

08/20/2025

Join us for a discussion on grief and the challenges of accessing end-of-life care in the United States, featuring Jennifer Senior, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author, and Dr. Arthur Caplan, PhD, an internationally renowned author on bioethics and the founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Reserve your seat now! 🎟️

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/third-annual-faith-sommerfield-memorial-lecture-registration-1412508393629?aff=oddtdtcreator

08/07/2025

05/06/2025

This National Nurses Day, we would like to honor the nurses who have dedicated themselves to providing comfort, care, and relief to those who need it most. Thank you for all the hard work that you do!

04/24/2025

End of Life Choices New York will be hosting a free, virtual lecture next week on medical aid-in-dying. Remember to tune in!

Just 4 weeks until the Barbara Swartz Annual Lecture! Don’t miss this incredible chance to hear the facts about and a powerful story from a MAiD advocate. Register for free.

04/16/2025

When was the last time you talked to your loved ones about your healthcare wishes? On this National Healthcare Decisions Day, consider filling out an Advance Directive.

These forms allow you to appoint someone you trust to make healthcare decisions for you, just in case you become unable to communicate or lose the ability to make decisions yourself.

Each state has its own set of Advance Directive forms, which you can find online. It's a good idea to submit your Advance Directive forms to your healthcare provider so that they have your wishes on record.

04/14/2025

Philosophers Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer reflect on an interview they did with Daniel Kahneman one week before he died at the time of his choosing.

CLI hosted Peter Singer and Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek as the respective keynote speakers of the 2023 and 2024 Faith Sommerfield Memorial Lecture, our annual lecture at Columbia University that explores what it means to live a completed life.

Read the full article here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/opinion/daniel-kahneman-death-suicide.html

04/08/2025

Just over 4 weeks until the Barbara Swartz lecture! Come hear Carol Abolafia tell her mother's story about how MAiD helped her die exactly as she wanted- surrounded by loved ones. https://ow.ly/z95W50VvS69

04/02/2025

Such a necessary and important topic for caregivers and long term care facilities to discuss. Thank you to SAGE for hosting this informative webinar!

LGBTQ+ elders need our support more than ever, especially in this era of anti-LGBTQ+/DEI executive orders. 🌈💜

Join SAGE's Cultural Competency Training team, SAGECare, for a webinar on May 8 to learn how we can stand strong as allies for our elders in these challenging times, especially in long term care settings. 💙

Register today! 📅✨ www.sageusa.org/allyshipthroughadversity

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04/01/2025

✨PLEASE JOIN US: April 24th, 4:30pm-7:00pm for our Annual Daniel Callahan Lecture. We will be launching our new Strategic Plan for 2025-2029: The Hastings Center Vision: A Path Forward for Bioethics and will have a great panelist lineup!

Panel Discussion:
-Panelist: Joshua Boger, Founder and CEO (Former) Vertex Pharmaceuticals
-Panelist: Gina Kolata, New York Times health and science reporter
-Moderator: Hastings Center President, Vardit Ravitsky

FREE event, but space is limited. Please RSVP,
https://bit.ly/3FEdbV0

03/27/2025

SAVE THE DATES: ALS United Greater New York presents our 5th Annual Education & Resources Summit: Navigating the ALS Journey, a free, two-day virtual conference on May 15-16, 2025. This event is open to all, including people living with ALS, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and advocates—offering valuable insights and resources to help navigate the complexities of ALS.
What to Expect:
The summit will feature expert-led sessions on key topics, including:
✅ Respiratory Care & ALS
✅ Mental Health & Well-being
✅ ALS Clinical Trials
✅ Wheelchair Assessments
✅ Living with ALS Panel
This interactive event is designed to provide essential information, foster community connections, and empower attendees with knowledge to enhance their ALS journey. Registration details will be available soon. Stay tuned for updates!https://als-ny.org/navigating-als/education-support/

03/26/2025

03/20/2025

Such a valuable discussion to have. Join now!

Join The John A. Hartford Foundation for a virtual, nonpartisan briefing on March 20 from 11 AM – 12 PM ET to explore proposed Medicaid spending reductions and their potential impact on older adults and family caregivers. Medicaid supports nearly 9 million older adults, covering essential home and nursing care that Medicare does not. Policymakers must consider how these changes could affect families, state budgets, and local economies.

Register: https://bit.ly/3DvA4cm