Something to Think About
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- How Do I Know You ?
- How Do I Know You? Dementia at the End of Life
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- The Eleventh Hour
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- This Is How People Die
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- You Need Care Too
When working with families who ask me not to tell mom, I say that I won’t bring the subject up, but if she asks, I will talk about it.
In the days to weeks before gradual death occurs a person realizes, at last, that they are dying. They may not share that realization with anyone, but they know. If...
Number one, we are all going to die at some point. Of course the operative words here are “at some point.” If we are told death will be the outcome...
I want the medical profession, the medical model we find in doctors’ offices and hospitals, to do everything possible to help me not only regain my health, but to return...
What to do? First, look at the wording you wrote to me "could be dying." Actually, everyone is dying. Everyday we are one step closer to the end of our life. You're...