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Tag Archives: Death and Dying
Yosemite’s Camp 4 Memorializes Rock Climber Raffi Bedayn
Camp 4 honors the Yosemite legend with a memorial bench
Until now, Camp 4 was the only camp in Yosemite National Park that didn’t require reservations. Instead, the camp operated on a first come, first served basis, with some lining up all day, and sometimes the night before, for a spot. … Continue reading
Toyo Ito’s Meiso No Mori Funeral Hall
Japanese architect Toyo Ito's beautiful crematorium provides a place for quiet reflection
Japanese architect Toyo Ito, known for his conceptual architecture, designed the Meiso No Mori (Forest of Meditation) Crematorium in a garden cemetery in Kakamigahara, a town with a population of 150,000 in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Completed in 2006, Meiso … Continue reading
“No Happy Endings” by Nora McInerny
A memoir about building a new life while grieving the old
Nora McInerny’s “No Happy Endings” reflects on the complexity of finding love after loss and creating a second chapter after tragedy strikes and forcibly ends the first. In 2017, McInerny published a memoir called “It’s Okay To Laugh: (Crying Is … Continue reading
“Remembering I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve encountered to help me make the big choices in life.”
- Steve Jobs
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Cancer, Death, Death and Dying, Death Quotes, end-of-life, Life, Quotes about Death, Steve Jobs, terminal illness
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National Healthcare Decisions Day Is Around The Corner
April 16th is National Healthcare Decisions Day, dedicated to raising awareness about advance care planning
April 16th is National Healthcare Decisions Day, a national initiative to encourage the public and healthcare providers to prioritize advance care planning. Making decisions ahead of a health crisis can help put families at ease and make sure patients’ healthcare wishes … Continue reading
Posted in Something Special
Tagged Advance Care Planning, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Changing the Face of Dying, Death and Dying, Death Cafe, Dying Well: Jack Fahey, Elder Law Section, Hospice, Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota, Minnesota Elder Justice Center, Minnesota State Bar Association, National Healthcare Decisions Day, NHDD, SevenPonds, Something special, The Clay Lab, The Conversation Project
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How Can Music Soothe and Comfort Hospice Patients?
An interview with Morgan Bolender, the head of the Songs For Life program that brings music to hospice patients
Morgan Bolender sits on the board of You’re Going To Die, a Bay Area, California-based nonprofit dedicated to bringing diverse communities into the conversation of death and dying. She is also the head of Songs For Life, a program run … Continue reading
