Life & Death Matters

APRIL 6, 2023

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Solace

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Our societal taboos about grief and death and our well-meaning but sometimes misplaced fears about exposing children to death can make it difficult for kids to find their way through their personal grief journeys. Grief looks like all kinds of things. But grief can also look like anger. That all informs your grief.

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Solace

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

When I became an adult and moved away from home she gifted me with a recipe book filled with my favorite things that she made so I would know how to make them myself. Cann dedicated her book “Dying to Eat” to her mother who died in 1997, explaining that “food was her language of love” and her inspiration. Food is a gift’.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Editor’s Note: You can purchase Dr. Doka’s book “Disenfranchised Grief “Here! Every society has external rules Continue Reading.

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High Peaks Hospice

JUNE 10, 2022

You will hear some words from our wonderful author and High Peaks Hospice Volunteer Elaine Gibb, can pick up a copy of the book, and will have access to children’s and adult grief support information. All proceeds benefit the children’s grief support program at High Peaks Hospice. ABOUT SCOOBY DOO PAJAMAS.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

JULY 24, 2022

In Today’s episode, Saul Talks with author Cheryl Christopher about her book, “The Portrait of Grief.” After graduating from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, Cheryl Christopher spent most of her life being a wife, mother of four, and grandmother to eight. She launched a successful international […].

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

California-based Hospice by the Bay has rebranded as By the Bay Health to recognize that it now offers more services than end-of-life care, including palliative care, comfort care, grief counseling, pediatric care, and skilled home health care as well as hospice services.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

MAY 28, 2023

Dr. Elizabeth Boatwright about her book, “The last things we talk about…” As a Chaplain, Pastor and Certified Financial Planner, Elizabeth “Libby” Boatwright has worked alongside hundreds of people over the last thirty years counseling families on end of life issues, loss and grief, composing memorials, working alongside […]

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Elaine Mansfield

MARCH 26, 2024

It’s in her book The Abundance.” There’s something about the feel of a book in my hands.” When I return from the grocery store the next afternoon, the book is leaning against the front door on my porch. I love sharing this sweet book about a spider who learns she doesn’t have to be perfect to create beauty.

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Living With Hospice

JULY 19, 2021

In this episode of Living With Hospice, Mitch addresses the many facets of 'closing the books' at the end of our lives, including practical planning, reviewing the bucket list and the often uncomfortable topic of saying goodbye. Also part of closing the books, for someone who's dying, is to say goodbye. It can turn into a hot mess!

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Johnston is the author of two books, including The Hospice Handbook, which published in June by Advantage Media Group. We’ve started a grief group, because we want to be there after it’s over and because people really need that help and follow up. Can you tell me about your book, The Hospice Handbook?

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Hospice Chaplaincy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Dr. Attig is the author of Catching Your Breath in Grief…and grace will lead you home, The Heart of Grief: Death and the Search for Lasting Love and How We Grieve: Relearning the World. He has written numerous articles and reviews on grief and loss, care of the […]. In today’s episode, Saul talks to Dr. Thomas Attig.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

In Today’s episode, Saul talks with Dr. Gretchen Kubacky on her book “Moving through grief.”With With over a decade of professional Continue Reading.

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Elaine Mansfield

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

After the group settled, I read from my book Leaning into Love: A Spiritual Journey through Grief and told stories about my husband Vic’s death and my struggle to create a fulfilling life without him. I know it’s natural to discuss grief in a hushed voice, but I want to hear you.” I greeted people as they arrived.

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Elaine Mansfield

JANUARY 3, 2023

Sometimes you wrote about aging and grief and struggles with health. Still, I’m nearly finished with a polished draft of my book about Monarch butterflies, so I’m not giving up. In autumn, I watched the crimson maple leaves drift to the earth thinking I would finish my book by New Year’s. with Marion in 2007.

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Diversity Nursing

JUNE 2, 2022

Self-care is very important and sometimes curling up with a comfy blanket and a good book is the perfect antidote! If you’re looking for book ideas, you came to the right place! Check out this list of books recommended for Nurses, and maybe you'll discover a new favorite. Nurse: The Art of Caring.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Juli Boit about her new book, “Brave Love: A Nurse’s Story of Courage and Compassion in a Kenyan Hospice.” In 2004, at just 25 years old, Juli Boit embarked on a remarkable journey from her home in Los Angeles to a remote Kenyan village of Kipkaren River. Driven by […]

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

He has a book, which I have read, Facing Death, and we will discuss Facing Death: Spirituality, Science, and Surrender at the End of Life. Eric: Well, I’m going to jump around a little bit because I’m going to go, Brad, I had a chance to read some of your book and one of the chapters was on your own prostate cancer diagnosis.

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Solace

MARCH 2, 2023

As both a journalist and survivor, she was uniquely able to share her experience in a book that is a combination memoir and a resource to others “ All the Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness.” For me, actually, it was having a moment where my body integrated the grief and the trauma.” It is very tumultuous.

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Elaine Mansfield

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

She and the few other devotees were silent, somber, and grief-stricken. Anthony and his oldest son ran a bookstore filled with philosophic books, nearly all written by men. Others in my women’s group also attended workshops with Marion or studied her books. Sita-Ma, an older women disciple, sat on a cement platform.

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Elaine Mansfield

JULY 19, 2022

In late June, I receive encouraging editorial feedback about the first draft of my book about Monarch butterflies. Does this struggling world need another book about butterflies? I awaken with gratitude for Marion and grief about her death in 2018. Marion’s laugh is musical, sweet and joyful. She can’t do this sacred work alone.

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Solace

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But she also understood the weight of grief, losing her husband before her death. Grief is the price we pay for love.” — Queen Elizabeth II. The “ Father of Mindfulness ” wrote more than 100 books during his lifetime. But perhaps it was her sense of humor that is the enduring gift she left behind. Thich Nhat Hanh, 95.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

In today’s episode Saul talks to Rosemary Keevil about her book “The art of losing it.” Rosemary is a journalist who writes about addiction. She cut her teeth as a TV news reporter for Canada’s CTV Network. She has since had numerous jobs in the media including host of her own current affairs, drive-time, radio show […].

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Hospice Chaplaincy

JULY 18, 2022

Jean has extensive experience counseling individuals, couples, and families through issues of loss, grief, chronic pain and disease, trauma, anxiety, stress, and depression, communication and relationship problems, and transitional phases […]. Jean Keegan Daly is also the author of “Reflections of a seasoned soul.”

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

You’d imagine though that our professional expertise and experiences in helping patients and families cope with loss and grief would be helpful in managing our own personal losses. A great website for dealing with loss and grief : refugeingrief.com. Matt, tell me about the book that you just published. Turns out, it’s maybe not.

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Seasons Hospice

AUGUST 30, 2022

Some people may do their best to work through the grief process on their own terms. Grief is a very personal experience, and everyone copes with it in their own way. There are, however, some common stages of grief that many people go through. Bereavement counseling is best for those who are not dealing with complex grief issues.

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AJN Off the Charts

OCTOBER 21, 2022

A What I’m Reading book review of Rachel Jones’s Grief on the Front Lines: Reckoning with Trauma, Grief, and Humanity in Modern Medicine. There’s much more in our November issue, including: An AJN Reports on racial disparities in end-of-life care. A note on the cover.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief.

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Always Best Care Senior Services

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It is normal for seniors to feel periods of sadness or grief over changes to their health or a friend’s passing, but this shouldn’t be a persistent feeling that negatively impacts their quality of life. Joining a book club, taking an art class, playing golf, or learning to play piano can be mentally stimulating.

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Shining Light Hospice

MARCH 20, 2023

Counseling Can Be Beneficial In addition to grief counseling for survivors, counseling can help a terminally ill patient as well. It is important to remember that feelings of anger, frustration, and sadness are normal parts of the process, even if you think your loved one may not be able to express them themselves.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2023

He’s also written two books to increase knowledge of end-of-life care. Flores’ first book, Seven Keys to a Peaceful Passing , walks patients and families through common challenges and decisions they must make during their hospice journey. I write and publish books to increase knowledge of end-of-life care.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 14, 2022

Barbara Karnes, author of 'Gone From My Sight', 'The Little Blue Book' and 'The 11th Hour' explains the role of an end-of-life doula in Hospice, how they can support patients and their families, and the importance of advocating for the dying process. She’s the author of gone from my site, the little blue book and the 11th hour.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The term traces back to Greek mythology, but it is also the title of a book by the Dutch psychologist and priest Henri Nouwen, who lived in the United States and who taught at Yale and at Harvard University. If you have experienced grief and sorrow yourself, this may help you to recognise and support the suffering of those around you.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In today’s episode, Saul and Joe talk to Elly Sheykhet the author of two books- “One Year After: From Grief Continue Reading.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This is part two of Saul’s conversation with Dr. Thomas Attig on his book, “Catching Your Breath in Grief…and grace will lead you home.”

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AJN Off the Charts

JUNE 6, 2023

Following his death, I spent much time going through the motions, sipping life through a straw from under the surface, as I fought against drowning in grief. I published my first children’s book last fall. The grandfather clock chimed ten times, and a few minutes later he was gone.

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Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Research on the impact of COVID -19 grief and bereavement during other infectious disease outbreaks such as pandemics have tended to focus on survivors who had the illness and recovered. Loved ones are not always able to communicate their feelings in person before the deceased dies.

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