LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice and The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at CMMC have joined together to host “Consider the Conversation,” a film to inspire person-centered care.

The event is scheduled for Monday, March 30, beginning at 6 p.m. at the center, 29 Lowell St. To register, call 207-795-9407 or email [email protected].

The documentary has three goals: Change the current American attitude from one that views end-of-life as a failed medical event to one that sees it as a normal process rich in opportunity for human development; inspire dialogue between patient and doctor, husband and wife, parent and child, minister and parishioner; and encourage medical professionals, health care organizations and clergy to take the lead in counseling others.

“’Consider the Conversation’ is a remarkable, thought-provoking film that looks at many of the issues that we will all face at the end-of-life. It opens the floodgates of thought and conversation on this most difficult and often taboo subject,” said James Roberts, MD.

Following the one-hour film, a panel of palliative and hospice professionals will facilitate community discussion and answer any questions from the audience.

The panel will include moderator Karen Flynn, RN/CHPCA, director of hospice at Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice; Jackie Fournier, NP, palliative care team, CMMC; Elizabeth A. Keene, ACC, FT, vice president, Mission Integration, St. Mary’s Health System; Kathy Amsden, LCSW, palliative care social worker, CMMC & Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice; Miles Hunt, elder care attorney with Dows Law Office, Norway; Bruce Condit, MD, medical director, palliative care team, CMMC; Nicholette Erickson, MD, medical director, chief medical oncologist, Central Maine Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Kerry Irish, LCSW, OSW-C, manager of psychosocial services, Dempsey Center.