Category Archives: Death and living while dying
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 →
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.
Local data?
How can we collect good and bad death data from local hospitals and nursing homes? :- Doug.
A place for practical peace
How do you want to die? This goes deeper than Where and With whom? What is important about dying: fighting all the way? Not for me and I suspect for most folks. Going gently, comfortably, without violence, without strife. Here … Continue reading →
Is dying simple, complicated or complex?
Is how we get to die simple, complicated, or complex? So, should our response, our thinking ahead, match? :- Doug.
Prepared for any death?
Can we be prepared for any—our—death? What then to do? :- Doug.
What’s to hope for?
What’s to hope for? How does our society view death? Is death always bad? :- Doug.
I represent dying people…to you
I represent dying people…to you I represent your mother, father, sister, husband, wife I represent the older you to you Generations of dying people—us To us Asking us to consider what is a good death & how we can get … Continue reading →