by External Article | Feb 26, 2020 | Baby Boom Generation, Care Work Library, Death & Dying |
Hammer is dying. At seventy-nine, she has lived with cancer for thirteen years and has exhausted all available treatment options. She has spoken publicly, repeatedly, about her impending death, both as an artist reflecting on her creative life and as an activist for... 
by Michelle Daly | Dec 15, 2015 | Caregiving 101, Death & Dying, Finding Meaning |
Advance directives are an important way to ensure you and your loved ones receive the type of care and memorial services that are in line with your wishes and beliefs. Many healthcare systems are affiliated with a particular religion and family members may wish to... 
by External Article | May 20, 2012 | Care Work Library, Caregiver Stories, Caring for a Parent, Death & Dying, Finances, Generation X, Housing, Long Term Caregiving, Planning |
I didn’t need to be schooled in the realities of long-term care: The costs for my mother, who is 86 and who, for the past eighteen months, has not been able to walk, talk, or to address her most minimal needs and, to boot, is absent a short-term memory, come in at... 
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