A Whole Family Matter

A Whole Family Matter We're striving to help families come to terms and live well with a terminal illness interdependently as a whole family matter.

A Whole Family Matter seeks to support proactive family leaders in leading the facilitation of casual and social, holistic and relationship-centered care conversations in their families.

APRIL 16 — Reason #16Today is National Healthcare Decisions Day.While the medical side of terminal illness is managed i...
04/15/2026

APRIL 16 — Reason #16
Today is National Healthcare Decisions Day.
While the medical side of terminal illness is managed in hospitals, the "family experience" often collapses at home — because we don't have the communication tools.
This morning, Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo is here to help change that.
Physician. Educator. Bioethicist. Pioneer of Advance Care Planning in the Philippines. And she's here — for free — for us.
9 AM Philippines. Zoom. Register now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2026-tickets-1985205189161

Let’s get real about making healthcare choices as a Filipino family or care team, with Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo on Advance Care Planning.

APRIL 15 — Reason #15Tomorrow.We built this webinar for the sandwich generation — Filipino family decision-makers caugh...
04/15/2026

APRIL 15 — Reason #15
Tomorrow.
We built this webinar for the sandwich generation — Filipino family decision-makers caught between caring for aging parents and raising their own children. For healthcare providers. For social workers.
For anyone who's ever wanted to start the conversation but didn't know how.
Dr. Manalo will give you practical starting points — before a crisis forces the conversation for you.
Last chance to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2026-tickets-1985205189161?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

Let’s get real about making healthcare choices as a Filipino family or care team, with Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo on Advance Care Planning.

APRIL 14 — Reason to Register #14Two days.Our learning objective is this: to normalize advance care planning as a "gift...
04/14/2026

APRIL 14 — Reason to Register #14
Two days.
Our learning objective is this: to normalize advance care planning as a "gift" to the family — rather than a "death sentence."
A gift. Not a burden. Not bad luck. Not giving up.
Dr. Manalo has spent her career helping families see it that way. Come let her help yours.
Thursday 9 AM Philippines / Wednesday 8 PM Central US. Zoom. Free.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2026-tickets-1985205189161

Let’s get real about making healthcare choices as a Filipino family or care team, with Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo on Advance Care Planning.

APRIL 13 — Reason to Register #13The Philippines is the number one exporter of healthcare workers in the world.That mea...
04/13/2026

APRIL 13 — Reason to Register #13
The Philippines is the number one exporter of healthcare workers in the world.
That means ACP isn't just a medical conversation. It's a social justice conversation.
Dr. Manalo understands both sides — what happens in the hospital AND what happens in the family. That's why her voice matters.
Three days. April 16/15. Free on Zoom.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2026-tickets-1985205189161

Let’s get real about making healthcare choices as a Filipino family or care team, with Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo on Advance Care Planning.

APRIL 12 — Reason to Register #12Dr. Manalo is a public intellectual.Through platforms like the FEU Public Intellectual...
04/12/2026

APRIL 12 — Reason to Register #12
Dr. Manalo is a public intellectual.
Through platforms like the FEU Public Intellectual Lecture Series, she bridges the gap between complex medical ethics and everyday understanding.
She doesn't talk above you. She brings the complexity down to where your family lives. That's a rare gift.
Four days. April 16/15.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2026-tickets-1985205189161

Let’s get real about making healthcare choices as a Filipino family or care team, with Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo on Advance Care Planning.

APRIL 11 — Reason to Register #11Dr. Manalo is frequently invited to lecture on the ethics of end-of-life care — includ...
04/11/2026

APRIL 11 — Reason to Register #11
Dr. Manalo is frequently invited to lecture on the ethics of end-of-life care — including topics like withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments and the sanctity of human life.
These are the conversations that keep Filipino families up at night. She doesn't avoid the hard questions. She sits in them.
Five days. April 16/15 on Zoom.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2026-tickets-1985205189161

Let’s get real about making healthcare choices as a Filipino family or care team, with Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo on Advance Care Planning.

APRIL 10 — Reason to Register #10Dr. Manalo's published work focuses on something no one else is centering: the religio...
04/10/2026

APRIL 10 — Reason to Register #10
Dr. Manalo's published work focuses on something no one else is centering: the religio-cultural considerations of end-of-life decisions in the Asian context.
Not Western frameworks adapted for Asia. The Asian context itself.
That's the difference between translating someone else's tool and building from where we actually are.
Six days. April 16/15. Free on Zoom.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2026-tickets-1985205189161

Let’s get real about making healthcare choices as a Filipino family or care team, with Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo on Advance Care Planning.

APRIL 9 — Reason #9Dr. Manalo advocates for something that sounds simple but changes everything: integrating palliative...
04/09/2026

APRIL 9 — Reason #9

Dr. Manalo advocates for something that sounds simple but changes everything: integrating palliative care EARLY in treatment — not only in the final hours of life.

Most families first hear the words "palliative care" when it's almost too late. She's working to change that.

April 16. One week from today.

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2026-tickets-1985205189161

Let’s get real about making healthcare choices as a Filipino family or care team, with Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo on Advance Care Planning.

APRIL 8 — Reason to Register #8Dr. Manalo helped validate the Tagalog version of the FACIT-Pal-14 — a tool that measure...
04/08/2026

APRIL 8 — Reason to Register #8
Dr. Manalo helped validate the Tagalog version of the FACIT-Pal-14 — a tool that measures quality of life for palliative care patients.
In Tagalog. So Filipino healthcare providers can assess patients in their own language.
That's the kind of work that changes a system from the inside. Come meet the person who did it.
April 16 (9 AM PH) / April 15 (8 PM CT). Free on Zoom.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-healthcare-decisions-day-2026-tickets-1985205189161

Let’s get real about making healthcare choices as a Filipino family or care team, with Dr. Maria Fidelis Manalo on Advance Care Planning.

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