Monthly Archives: August 2015

USA Source: What to say to the dying: A hospice chaplain offers some insight

grief support that doesn’t suck: no platitudes, no easy fixes, and no pseudo-spiritual bypass. It’s grief support for deep & intelligent folks. Like you. Source: micro-improvements in grief

Shared via NHPCO – The government readies an experiment allowing hospice care along with disease treatment. Source: Medicare reconsiders rule that leaves dying patients facing a stark choice – The Washington Post

Shared via Amy Florian – The “social model” hospice home, an uncommon prototype for hospice care, may have great promise for resolving some future end-of-life issues in the U.S. The number of social model hospices i Source: Social Model Hospice … Continue reading →

We stood with three other couples, anchoring our side of the square. They were much older, at least in their forties. The sun-baked men strutted in shiny cowboy boots and red bandanas. The women twirled layered white … Source: My … Continue reading →

Divorce isn’t easy.   When a couple breaks up almost everything familiar to them changes.    Every couple has rituals whether they have been married for 3 months or 30 years. Source: 3 Things You Shouldn’t Do When Grieving a … Continue reading →

The Eddy | Brain, Child Magazine.

Rosenblum: Doctors, patients need help accepting limits of late-stage chemo – StarTribune.com.

Hospice dog tenderly comforts dying patient.

A Release Tool – Where Does Your Grief Reside?.