Tag Archives: Compassionate caregiving

San Francisco’s Zen Hospice Has Closed Its Doors

After 30 years, the hospice has succumbed to budget woes

One of San Francisco’s oldest and most revered inpatient hospices closed its doors this month. Already, the old Victorian building on Page Street that housed the Zen Hospice Project is empty and bare. The furniture is gone, the floors are … Continue reading

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“The Five Invitations” by Frank Ostaseski

A spiritual teacher and caregiver shares his wisdom about living and dying well

“The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully” is a complex, thought provoking and thoroughly engaging book about how we can use the certainty of death to create fuller, richer more authentic lives. A collection of … Continue reading

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