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<h3>Introduction</h3> Death literacy is ‘the knowledge and skills that people need to make it possible to gain access to, understand, and make informed choices about end of life and death care options’.<sup>1</sup> With an ageing population, rising prevalence of life-limiting illnesses, growing strain on health and care services and increasing preferences for care and death at home, death literacy is critical. Consequently, it is emerging as a key concept in research and practice across the globe. <h3>Aims</h3> This workshop Aims to explore why death literacy matters and its Impact on experiences of death, dying and bereavement, drawing on research evidence and illustrating its practical implication for compassionate communities <h3>Methods</h3> Dr Michelle Edwards will open the workshop by drawing on findings from her scoping review to examine multiple literacy concepts in death, dying and grief. Dr Lisa Graham-Wisener will then review international death literacy research, including insights from her own UK survey study. Stephanie Crawford will follow with a focus on measuring death literacy, introducing the Death Literacy Index- Island of Ireland, a tool psychometrically validated during her PhD to assess death literacy across the island of Ireland. Sharon Williams will conclude the workshop by discussing death literacy in practice, situating it within the context of her work on Compassionate Communities. <h3>Results, Conclusion and Impact</h3> How multiple literacy concepts (health literacy, palliative care literacy, end-of-life literacy, grief literacy and death literacy) are embedded within socio-cultural contexts and their implications for healthcare systems, self-care and caregiving will be examined. Benchmarks of death literacy, demographic variations and predictors will be highlighted. Cultural relevance issues and refinement of the Death Literacy Index for the island of Ireland, alongside quantitative findings from psychometric validation will be assessed. Implications of death literacy for policy and practice will be presented. <h3>Reference</h3> Leonard R, Noonan K, Horsfall D, Psychogios H, Kelly M, Rosenberg J, Rumbold B, Grindrod A, Read N, Rahn A. (2020). <i>Death literacy index: a report on its development and implementation</i>. Western Sydney University. https://doi.org/10.26183/5eb8d3adb20b0