Monthly Archives: July 2018

Source: Grief Healing: In Grief: When Sorrow Is Delayed

Five weeks after Dorothy died, my nephew was born.  I remember going to to our weekly therapy session and sharing this news with our therapist.  Of course she wanted to know how I was feeling about… Source: The Power of … Continue reading →

Frances Shani Parker writes about older adults, eldercare, hospice, palliative care, nursing homes, dementia, caregiving, death, and bereavement. Source: Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog: Empathy: Do Your Healthcare Providers Express Any? (Research, Video 4:23)

We often have a hard time talking about adversity—but staying silent can make our loved ones feel even more isolated after loss or hardship. This video offers simple ways to speak with empathy and honesty when our friends are suffering. … Continue reading →

Your why became the unchosen axis from which my world forever rotates.  I’m forced to gain my equilibrium and handle being “different”.  I smile and laugh like the rest, but I wil… Source: The Other Side of Suicide – Positive Constructs

Not having a roof over your head at night must be frightening, cold, lonely and depressing. To be seriously ill as well must be beyond upsetting. Source: Terminally ill homeless people are dying on our streets. They deserve dignity like the … Continue reading →

When I die Give what’s left of me away To children And old men that wait to die. And if you need to cry, Cry for your brother Walking the street beside you. And when you need me, Put your … Continue reading →

Coffee with Mrs. Rabbit Source: Fear Can Be Our Friend…If We Let It – Uncalendared – Medium

Elaine Mansfield shares how Rilke’s poem, Pushing Through, helped her to manage the grief she felt with the loss of her husband. The poem gives testament to the fact that we can push through the grief into a transformation into … Continue reading →

It’s a shift toward care based on who the patient is and what he or she wants Source: How Massachusetts Med Schools Are Improving End-of-Life Instruction