One of the many effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic has been the recognition of the necessity for advance care planning and the benefits of doing so. More patients are dying every day in isolation and suffering from serious illnesses. As of this writing, the National Vital Statistics System of the U.S. Centers for Disease […]
5 Questions to Ask at End-of-Life
Surgeon, a public health researcher, and author Atul Gawande is inspiring end-of-life conversations with his bestselling book, Being Mortal. The book, which was also turned into a documentary shown on PBS’s Frontline, continues to be an integral part of a larger conversation on end-of-life choices for living your own mortality as fully as you can […]
How To Face Your Fear Of Death And Make Peace With Dying
There’s a saying along the lines that there are only two things in life that are certain: death and taxes. Sure, a lot of people manage to evade the latter, but the former is something that every living being has to face eventually. Death is an inevitable part of life; part of the very cycle […]
Is End-of-Life Its Own Stage of Life?
A sociologist makes the case for embracing this period as a distinct life stage. Deborah Carr, professor, and chair of the sociology department at Boston University, has spent much of her career studying death and dying. That expertise led, in 2019, to an invitation to write an article in the Annual Review of Sociology about […]
Grief in the Age of Coronavirus
With strict social distancing guidelines in place for everyday living including banning gatherings of more than 10 people, what happens when you have a loved one who has died but you can’t attend the funeral or memorial? How can a loss be grieved during this time of quarantines and shut-downs because of the coronavirus? The […]
Grief Amidst the Holiday Season
The holidays are just around the corner and they’re a time of important traditions for many families. Some grieving families find comfort in those traditions, but others may find them too painful. For example, if a parent has passed and it was his job to put the angel on top of the Christmas tree each […]
Coping with Hospice During the Holiday Season
The holidays can be challenging for people who have a terminally ill loved one. During the holidays we are accustomed to finding ourselves surrounded by the love and warmth of family and friends. We cherish the depth and beauty of these connections and celebrate shared traditions and rituals with togetherness, laughter, and joy, but when that family […]
SENIOR NETWORK: Charlie Tyler: Managing Grief During the Holidays
New Discussions on Finding Meaning as Life Ends
Most of us don’t want to hear bad news, let alone talk about it especially when it comes to our health. However, as the baby boomer generation is aging and making their way toward end of life, there has been an underlying murmur—a buzz—changing the tone of the conversation and views on dying. The fine […]
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: The Rise and Fall of the Five Stages of Grief
Adapted from an article written by Lucy Burns at BBC News. Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. Everyone knows the theory that when we grieve we go through a number of stages – it turns up everywhere from palliative care units to boardrooms. A viral article told us we’d experience them during the coronavirus pandemic. But […]
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