Adjusting After Our Person Has Died
It is a challenging part of life, both emotionally and physically, to figure out how to live productively when this person is no longer with us...
It is a challenging part of life, both emotionally and physically, to figure out how to live productively when this person is no longer with us...
Unfortunately, as death approaches none of us will be able to take care of ourselves. There will come a point when we will need assistance. We probably won’t even be aware we...
For many people, nursing facilities have become their home. It is therefore reasonable that Hospice services be available in facilities. BUT care in a facility is not the same as...
Someone has to have the courage to say “We’ve done the best we can. We can’t fix you. Let us help you have some quality time”.
If we don’t legally make our wishes known in writing and generally notarized, healthcare professionals will make those decisions for us...
It has been almost six months since my husband of 62 years died. As an end of life educator I have taught about loss and grief, and even wrote a booklet about it. BUT...
Our body is programmed to die. We are born. We experience, and then we die...
In the ideal picture, the goal is the patient’s death. Everything that is done before the death is preparation for the actual moment death occurs. Everything after the death gradually eases...
We tend to live our lives like gerbils on a wheel, going round and round but really going nowhere. Day in and day out, same old, same old, fall into...
This is another aspect of grief I didn’t know until now that I am living it. Who am I if I am only one? What have I wanted to do...
Most people, if they had their choice, would want to be in their home with family and the dog or cat on the bed when they die. YET, most people...
I’ve noticed people are hesitant to talk about the person that died or use their name...