Monthly Archives: January 2019

‘Top Chef’ contestant Fatima Ali and her doctors thought her cancer had vanished. Then she was told she had a year to live. Source: Chef Fatima Ali on Having Terminal Cancer and What She’s Doing With the Time She Has … Continue reading →

She dreamed of opening her own restaurant. Then she learned she had a year left to live. Source: Chef Fatima Ali Has Died of Cancer at Age 29 | Bon Appetit

Frances Shani Parker writes about older adults, eldercare, hospice, palliative care, nursing homes, dementia, caregiving, death, and bereavement. Source: Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog: Patients in a Vegetative (Unresponsive Wakefulness) State: Nurse-Family Research, Video 5:43

Source: Grief Healing: Coping with A Cancer Diagnosis: Suggested Resources

Source: Grief Healing: Voices of Experience: How Grief Can Affect Your Health

Source: Grief Healing: Voices of Experience: Looking Back

Source: Grief Healing: Voices of Experience: My Self-Care Basket for 2019

`Guilty until proven innocent? In the aftermath of suicide, most survivors discuss their grief at some point. (If you haven’t gotten that far and are reading this post, that’s ok.) Some discuss anger and feelings of betrayal. The guilty feelings, … Continue reading →

Families may be more satisfied with end-of-life care for loved ones dying of cancer when treatment is focused on comfort rather than aggressive treatment and provided outside of a hospital, a U.S. study suggests. Source: Hospice Care, Rather Than Aggressive … Continue reading →

Before you get defensive, get curious. Source: 13 Ways to Respond to Criticism at Work