Monthly Archives: April 2013
How will I know I’m dying?
How will I know I’m dying? How will my family know? :- Doug.
The work of peace
How might we take the work of peace in death to our society, a society that thinks death is a failure? :- Doug.
For cure or for care?
If you are terminally ill do you want to be treated for cure or for care? :- Doug.
The uncommonly good
Let’s look among us for the uncommonly good. :- Doug.
When is death?
When is death when a loved one has dementia? When the personality disappears? How much of it? When the body disappears? :- Doug.
Who’s doing it well?
Who’s doing it well? Follow that one. :- Doug.
Make room
Help families make room for a good death. :- Doug.
Alzheimer’s now 6th leading cause of death
According to this NPR report, Alzheimer’s is now the 6th leading cause of death in this country. :- Doug.
Let us be sharing stories
Let us be sharing stories of people dying well. :- Doug.
Who and what practices allow people to die well?
Who and what practices allow people to die well? :- Doug.
Loving them as they die?
How then shall we live as we die? How then shall we love them as they die? :- Doug.
Unrealistic expectations
There was a phrase in one end of life study report I read this morning: unrealistic expectations. Families have unrealistic expectations about what can be done for their loved one at the end of life. We can say that whatever … Continue reading →
No guarantees: only curiosity
No guarantees: only curiosity. :- Doug.
This is harder on your family:
It’s harder on your family to not have the conversation. :- Doug.
Who here cares how people die?
Who here cares how people die? :- Doug.
“California daughters?”
What if we invited a room full of “California Daughters” to talk about end of life care for Mom and Dad? :- Doug.