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Thrive Global Article, The Grief Process Following A Tragic Death by Barbara Karnes, RN

Sudden death by accident, suicide and certainly by violence intensifies those normal grief responses. Everything we feel with normal grief is as if we are being held under a magnifying...

Thrive Global Article by End Of Life Expert, Barbara Karnes, RN Celebrating My Husband’s Birthday While Social Distancing

As much as we long for human contact, for social exchange other than phone or Zoom, it is not time yet. We are actually jeopardizing how quickly we can reconnect,...

The Precariousness of Life

One of the many lessons COVID-19 is teaching us is the precariousness of life. The need to do and say today, for tomorrow may be too late. Today is a...

Stories of the COVID Crisis “For any person who is faced with a loved one dying alone.” by Barbara Karnes, RN

When someone we care about, or someone we don’t care about, is dying it is scary and challenging to our idea of how life is supposed to be. Other people...

Open to Hope: End Of Life Issues During Covid-19 with Barbara Karnes, RN

Open to Hope Do you have a family member who has recently died? Due to visitation restrictions, sheltering in, and social distancing bereaved families are experiencing isolation and loneliness. Barbara...

Dying 101

Dying from the coronavirus is considered a gradual death (due to disease), but it can happen rapidly. There is a process that occurs with gradual death. Certain things happen at...