Using Subtle Tools To Help Process A Life
In the months before death when the patient is still alert, still actively engaging, watch for clues, for openings to help bring the "what has life been about" thoughts forward...
In the months before death when the patient is still alert, still actively engaging, watch for clues, for openings to help bring the "what has life been about" thoughts forward...
The more you learn about end of life, what happens, what it looks like, the less fear you will bring to the experience and with less fear you can get...
Dying isn’t about the disease a person has. It is about the emotional, communal response to the person dying from the disease. It doesn’t require medical intervention. It requires comfort...
Know that all of these signs of approaching death, whether indicating months or weeks, are just guideposts. Some people will show all of them...
...Rapid breathing like your dad was doing is exactly where a small bit of morphine (5 ml is small) helps slow down those 40/50 breaths a minute to a more...
How do you answer a family member when they ask you how much longer their loved one has to live? That is a question most family members want to know and...
Most diseases have a pattern. You generally know what to expect. With dementia there seems to be no pattern, at least as far as approaching death is concerned until they...
Hospice was perfect for them. Charles had a life threatening illness, had refused further treatment, and they were alone. We were there to give them support and guidance. Charles and...
With Hospice you never know what you will find once you enter the home. Service can’t be time based. Visits have to be stay until the job is done and...
You asked why your relationship to your hospice work was affected following the death of your dad. I think because every time you entered a patient's home and life it...
Keeping Secrets: “Don’t tell mom.” Don’t say that she could die.” Don’t talk to her about “sad” things.” “Pretend everything is going to be alright.” Mom lives inside of her body....
I get a lot of letters like the one I’ve edited below. We, as a culture, are so unprepared for witnessing a death. We have no accurate role models. We...