Personality Changes As We Approach Death
People with unpleasant personalities while living will still have unpleasant personalities while dying. It is just that the closer to death they get, the less energy they will have to...
Something to Think About: a blog on end of life
What Does A Dying Person Look Like?
What does a dying person look like in the hours to minutes before death? Generally they are non responsive, their eyes are partially open, the skin color is palish often...
We Know When We Are Dying
While individual differences may be seen in the time of days to weeks before death, everyone who is dying will have the signs of approaching death that occur hours to...
When It Is TIme To Say Goodbye
Most religions of the world teach us that when we are dead we are in a better place. I add to that that being dead is easy while being alive...
QUESTION: Judaism and End of Life
Question: “I would like to share my Hospice frustration with you and my culture. I am a Jew. I am an 11th Hour volunteer and a bereavement counselor in a...
QUESTION: Talk about dis-ease
QUESTION: Can you talk about dis-ease and how we bring this upon ourselves? Another great controversial question. Although there is more and more research which points to stress being related...
Something to Think About: There are no accidents.
Death is not accidental. We die when it is our time to die, no sooner, no later. Everything happens for a reason. We most often just don't understand the reason....
What Happens When We Die?
I received the question, “What happens when we die and do I believe in reincarnation? I’m going to interpret the question to be asking what happens at the moment of...
Hospice Care of Mid America
From the web site I received a request asking me to tell how I first began my job at Hospice Care of Mid America in Kansas City Mo. In 1981...
A Window of Control Over The Time That We Died (Even With Dementia)
We die a gradual death according to our personality and if that personality is protective then we may protect a person we care about by dying when they are not...
Question about a daughter who is dying.
A question from B.D.: What to do when a dying daughter who has had radiation treatment to the brain and turns on you. Won't let me see her. Sends her...
A Hospice Nurse's Frustration
Hi Nurse G,I think hospice care and the role nurses play has changed considerably and wonder if that is why you are not feeling the fulfillment you once did. Over...