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Author Archives: Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
Hospice Foundation of America Lunch ‘n Learn
The Webinar will Focus on Coping With Professional Caregiver Burnout
The Hospice Foundation of America will present a live, online webinar called Caregiver Burnout/Compassion Fatigue: How it Affects Professionals—and How to Beat It today from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST. This webinar will examine what defines caregiver burnout and compassion fatigue, how … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Caregiver burnout, End-of-life care, Healthcare, Hospice Foundation, Webinar
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“It’s Just a Ride” – Bill Hicks’ theory of life
In life, we have a "choice between fear and love," says the late philosophical comedian.
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Bill Hicks, Comedy, It's Just a Ride, Life, Love, Philosophy
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A Journalist Becomes His Parents’ Death Panel
TIME Magazine adds their voice to the conversation about end-of-life care
In the current TIME Magazine cover story, writer Joe Klein divulges the story of his parents’ final days. In the video below, Klein talks about how their death taught him about the flaws in our healthcare system. The journalist’s story is … Continue reading
How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face the End-of-Life
Would you take magic mushrooms to ease end-of-life anxiety?
A study conducted by psychiatrist Charles Grob, a researcher at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, administered psilocybin — an active component of psychedelic mushrooms — to cancer patients near the end-of-life to see if it could reduce their fear of death. The research, … Continue reading
Grace Before Dying
Photography of the end-of-life at Louisiana State Penitentiary
These photographs, taken at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, make up the collection Grace Before Dying, which looks at how, through hospice, volunteer inmates assert and affirm their humanity in an environment designed to isolate and punish. More than 85% of … Continue reading
Aging Alone in America
New News, Good News, and Not So Good News about contemporary trends in the lives of the elderly
In a new report to the Council on Contemporary Families for Older Americans Month, New York University researchers Eric Klinenberg, Stacy Torres, and Elena Portacolone report on the unprecedented movement of the elderly toward solo living. Here are the facts from the press … Continue reading
