Something to Think About
a blog on end of life
If it has to do with death and dying, we’re talking about it. With me today is the wonderful multi-award winner Barbara Karnes, a nurse, author and extraordinary end-of-life educator....
"How long?" Karnes says. "That is the most common question that (hospice workers) get from the family. What most don't understand is that there are dynamics to dying."
Karnes said when we find ourselves at the bedside of someone who is dying we are emotionally involved and do not really see what is happening. What is happening is...
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...
What the little blue book gave me and countless others who’ve read it was not the power to defy death. That much is obvious. But it gave us the armor to deny...
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...
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...
At the Heart of Hospice we're always looking for great resources that help educate and encourage. One of the best websites for end of life education is bkbooks.com. BK Books...
