ARTICLE

Learning to Serve the Dying

By Gatwiri Muthara — 2019

End-of-life doulas provide a new type of caregiving to patients and families.

Read on www.aarp.org

FindCenter Post-Image

A Companion for the Hospice Journey: Thoughts on Life’s Tough Decisions

Any discussion about hospice includes the words most prefer to avoid or ignore: dying, death, and grief. In A Companion for the Hospice Journey, readers are invited into that uncomfortable subject. Nearly half of the deaths in the United States (in 2017, over 2.

FindCenter Post-Image

A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death

“There is nothing wrong with you for dying,” hospice physician B.J. Miller and journalist and caregiver Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner’s Guide to the End. “Our ultimate purpose here isn’t so much to help you die as it is to free up as much life as possible until you do.

BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger

FindCenter Post-Image

Preparing to Die: Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition

We all face death, but how many of us are actually ready for it? Whether our own death or that of a loved one comes first, how prepared are we, spiritually or practically? In Preparing to Die, Andrew Holecek presents a wide array of resources to help the reader address this unfinished business.

FindCenter Post-Image

Eldridge & Co.: Jane Brody, Author, "Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond"

Ronnie welcomes "New York Times" health columnist Jane Brody, author of "Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life.

FindCenter Post-Image

Helping a Loved One Pass Over #3 - A Mystic Metaphysical Approach

In this video William describes a mystical technique in which you can create a helpful scenario and passageway for your loved one's passing.

1

FindCenter Post-Image

Helping a Loved One Pass Over #2 - Q & A

William addresses these issues in this video: Q: What about their last words? Shouldn’t I help them say whatever is on their mind? I felt that I should have done this with my mother. Q: Yes - There is unfinished business. It would be good to have it completed before they go.

FindCenter Post-Image

Helping a Loved One Pass Over #1

This is number 1 of 3 videos. Number 2 is a Q & A session, number 3 is more mystical. In this first video are calm and reassuring words so that you can be of service with a loved one who is approaching end of life.

FindCenter Post-Image

A Beginner’s Guide to the End: How to Live Life to the Full and Die a Good Death

The end of a life can often feel like a traumatic, chaotic and inhuman experience. In this reassuring and inspiring book, palliative care physician Dr BJ Miller and writer Shoshana Berger provide a vision for rethinking and navigating this universal process.

BJ Miller, Shoshana Berger

FindCenter Post-Image

Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life

For more than two decades, hospice nurse Maggie Callanan has tended to the terminally ill and been a cornerstone of support for their loved ones. Now she passes along the lessons she has learned from the experts—her patients.

Maggie Callanan

FindCenter Post-Image

Conversing with Cancer: How to Ask Questions, Find and Share Information, and Make the Best Decisions (Language as Social Action)

With more than 40% of people eventually facing a cancer diagnosis, Conversing with Cancer is a much-needed addition to understanding and improving cancer care through strong communication among providers, patients, and caregivers.

Lisa Sparks, Anna Leahy

EXPLORE TOPIC

Death-Positive Movement