by External Article | Jan 11, 2023 | Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation, Occasional Caregiving |
“Your mother,” he told us, “has multiple sclerosis.” Whatever that was. I carried on with my day like any other on that trip, going swimming, having some beers by the beach. No discernible changes darkened my mood. Looking back, I ask: Had he failed to explain the... 
by External Article | Mar 30, 2020 | Care Work Library, Death & Dying |
Artist Eric Bealer was living the remote, rugged good life in coastal Alaska with his wife, Pam, an MS sufferer, when they made a dramatic decision: to exit this world together, leaving behind precise instructions for whoever entered their cabin first. She did not... 
by External Article | Sep 10, 2019 | Death & Dying |
We are all going to die — and most of us will be able to see death coming, months or even years before it happens. That foreknowledge means we should embrace the end of life as a distinct life stage, just like childhood, adolescence and maturity, says Deborah Carr, a... 
by Kaiser Health News | Apr 14, 2018 | Caregiver News |
On the last morning of their lives, Charlie and Francie Emerick held hands. The Portland, Ore., couple, married for 66 years and both terminally ill, died together in their bed on April 20, 2017, after taking lethal doses of medication obtained under the state’s Death... 
by External Article | Dec 1, 2016 | 24/7 Caregiving, Care Work Library, Caregiver Burnout, Caring for a Child, Caring for a Client, Caring for a Sibling, Death & Dying, Finding Caregiver Support, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation, The Paid Perspective |
A family and their home health aids tells the story of their brother (and son) jumping off his balcony and sustaining a TBI. They’ll never know what caused him to do it. What happens next? What choices did they have to make about his care? How do they keep him... 
by Joy Johnston | Jul 20, 2015 | Caregiver Stories |
At one point during my mother’s last month on this planet, she was offered an extra pillow to make her more comfortable. She half-joked that the pillow belonged over her face. If I had known what her final days would be like, I may have obliged. Dying at home... 
by Guest Author | Apr 7, 2015 | Caregiver News |
The Institute for Science and Human Values Presents Dying Without Deity-Perspectives on Death and Dying Symposium To date there has been little discussion and less research as to how self believers experience the dying process and death. What are some of the problems... 
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