Death and Dying Chronicles

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

I recently read the article, A View from the Edge – Creating a Culture of Caring by Dr Awdish in the New England Journal Of Medicine. It made me think back to my own personal experiences with the medical field. Experiences in which I was not the nurse dispensing care or information, but instead was the parent arriving directly to the intensive care unit at the hospital following a 14 hr flight after learning my son was involved in a motorcycle accident.

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Palliative Care Chat Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In this episode Dr. McPherson interviews Arlen Grad Gaines and Meredith Englander Polsky; authors of “I have a question about death. A book for children with autism spectrum disorder or other special needs.” In this episode Dr. McPherson interviews Arlen Grad Gaines and Meredith Englander Polsky; authors of “I have a question about death. A book for children with autism spectrum disorder or other special needs.

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Bayshore Care Home

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Denial can be a dangerous thing and at Bayshore it is one of the most common issues that adult children call us about. The adult child knows its time for. The post What to do when seniors are refusing additional help even from their home care provider. first appeared on Bayshore Home Care.

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Death and Dying Chronicles

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Today is movie day. After watching this documentary I realized that this 45 minute video visually contained, and beautifully presented, the very information I try to convey in writing in my blog posts. Set in Australia, the documentary A Good Death , reported by Deborah Masters and Matthew Carney, follows four terminally ill men and women through their journey towards death.

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