The Conversation Project
The Conversation Project® is a public engagement initiative of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Our goal is both simple and transformative: to help everyone talk about their wishes for care through the end of life, so those wishes can be understood and respected.
It’s time to share the way we want to live through the end of our lives. And it’s time to communicate about the kind of care we want and don’t want for ourselves.
We believe that the place for this to begin is at the kitchen table—not in the intensive care unit—with the people who matter most to us, before it’s too late.
Together we can make these difficult conversations easier. We can make sure that our own wishes, and those of the people who matter most to us (our loved ones, friends, chosen family), are both understood and respected. The Conversation Project offers free tools, guidance, and resources to begin talking with those who matter most about your and their wishes.
Quién hablará por ti? (Who Will Speak For You- Spanish)
TCP Rewind: You Guys Know PSA
TCP Rewind: Save the Day PSA
TCP Rewind : Party On The Beach PSA
National Healthcare Decisions Day 2018
National Healthcare Decisions Day 2019
Respecting Wishes: Lessons from Conversation Ready
Conversation Sabbath
National Healthcare Decisions Day 2021 and New Community Resources!
National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) 2022
Making a Difference in Your Community: Tracking Your Influence and Impact
Keeping it Fresh: Sustaining Momentum
Including Alzheimer’s-specific Programming in Your Programming in Your Work
Working Together–Organizing and Building Coalitions
Lessons on Messaging from the Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care
ACP Messaging and Repurposing NHDD during COVID-19: A Call for Community Leaders
Bright Spots and the Importance of our Shared Humanity/Connectedness
Reaching, Engaging and Harnessing the Power of Students
Championing Conversations in Communities through the Use of Stories
Inspiring Conversations Through the Power of Film and Virtual Theater
New Resources and Updates at TCP to Help Support “What Matters to Me” Conversations
A Look Ahead: Planning for 2021
Session 6: Bringing It Together and Bringing It to Your Congregation
Session 5: Programming Advance Care Planning in Your Setting
Session 4: Pastoral Care
Session 3: Sermons and Teaching & Conversation Sabbath
Session 2: Getting Started in Congregations: Pause, Reflect, Assess, Set a Goal
Session 1: The Conversation Project: Reaching People Where They Live, Work, and Pray
Talking Matters in Faith Communities
Conversation Sabbath