This 30-minute conversation with Barry Koch and Jason Zamer, filmmakers; Kenneth J. Doka, HFA’s senior VP of grief programs; and Angela Novas, HFA’s hospice & palliative care consultant, highlights how Allyson’s story, documented in A Butterfly Has Been Released, can spark conversations about advance care planning, end-of-life care, grief, and rituals in your community.
Professional Wisdom, Personal Understanding, Community Transformation
When viewers witness Allyson’s transformation in A Butterfly Has Been Released, something remarkable happens—nurses report having conversations with their families they’d postponed for years; social workers create their own advance directives; community members plan living funerals. This is The Butterfly Has Been Released Effect—the ripple of change that occurs after watching the movie and embracing the possibility that greater choice, control, and meaning-making is possible.
Hospice Foundation of America proudly presents A Butterfly Has Been Released and From Caregiver to Patient: Hospice Nurse Allyson’s Final 39 Days, in partnership with TGBeyond. Whether you are earning CE credits or starting community conversations, Allyson’s story will change how you see both death and life.
This film should be mandatory viewing for everyone—not just healthcare workers. It shows us that talking about death doesn’t make it happen faster; it makes life happen fuller. —Hospice Chaplain
From Caregiver to Patient: Hospice Nurse Allyson’s Final 39 Days
The course includes a screening of A Butterfly Has Been Released and 1.0 CE credit hour for individual viewers and groups.
An educational license for the program is perfect for community group viewings and academic settings.
A Butterfly Has Been Released
The award-winning 36-minute film that follows Allyson’s final 39 days is available to individuals as a 3-day rental.
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