Why do you want to support people who are dying?
support people who are dyingBeing involved with end of life care is not something most people want to do, so what brings you?
support people who are dyingBeing involved with end of life care is not something most people want to do, so what brings you?
I knew all the signs of approaching death, of labor beginning. What I didn’t know was how much we don’t want to see those signs, and by not wanting to see them,...
Dying patterns are centered around food, sleep and socialization. Assess those three areas and you can track the dying process.
Most of the time this restlessness, this agitation is not destructive. It is not severe. If the movements become thrashing about or hurtful and become a danger to the person...
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...
End of Life Expert Barbara Karnes, RN explains the similarities in the "labor" to enter this world and the "labor" to leave it. Read on...
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...
Know that all of these signs of approaching death, whether indicating months or weeks, are just guideposts. Some people will show all of them...
There is a labor to dying. It is hard work for us to get out of our body (some harder than others). Think of the little chick that works, struggles...
Our children are not supposed to die before we do. I cannot think of any grief more intense than watching our child deteriorate before our eyes. We grieve their dying...
Our job as an end of life specialist is to address the elephant in the room, to be direct and honest in the gentlest way possible. We are not doing...
Hospices seem to be struggling with how to provide services now that being in homes and facilities is not an option. When we cannot rely on routines, when there is...