Columbus “Death Cafe” Concept Spreads Across U.S.  Listen to the
Story  The Columbus "Death Cafe" meets monthly.(Photo: Death
Cafe)   A Death CafÃ© is not a place; itâ€™s more of a concept.
This Death CafÃ© is being held in a meeting room at a
Westerville Panera. The eveningâ€™s facilitator is licensed
social and hospice worker Lizzy Miles.  â€œI find that
everywhere I go when I tell people I work in Hospice they start
telling me their stories; whether itâ€™s at a poker table in Las
Vegas or the crafts store aisle, theyâ€™ll just start sharing
whatâ€™s happened to them or to a loved-one who is dying. And it
made me realize that people needed a place where they could
talk,â€ Miles says.  So after reading about the Death CafÃ©
phenomenon in Great Britain, Miles decided to bring the idea to
the United States.  â€œI see families in crisis because
theyâ€™ve never had conversations about what they want for
themselves or their loved ones. And then they are trying to make
decisions right in the heat of the moment. A