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Tag Archives: Death and Dying
Jennifer Rodgers Created Artistic Maps As She Walked Through Her Grief
In the wake of her father's death, the artist began creating artistic maps
In 2014, artist and high school art teacher Jennifer Rodgers began creating artistic maps after losing her father to sepsis. Sepsis is a condition caused by the body’s response to infection, resulting in inflammation that can lead to tissue damage … Continue reading
What Is The Advance Directive For Dementia?
An interview with Dr. Barak Gaster, a University of Washington professor of medicine and primary care physician
Dr. Barak Gaster is a primary care physician and a professor of medicine at the University of Washington who has developed an advance care directive for dementia. Through his work, he realized that dementia is one of the most difficult … Continue reading
Stevie Ray’s “The Life And Death Comedy Show” Gets People Talking
Comedian uses humor to break the ice around conversations about death and dying
“We’re not going to make fun of death, we’re just going to make fun of how silly it is that nobody in America talks about the only inevitable thing out there, besides taxes,” Stevie Ray, a comedian based in the … Continue reading
“What to Do When I’m Gone: A Mother’s Wisdom to Her Daughter” by Suzy Hopkins and Hallie Bateman
A mother-daughter team collaborate to help daughters get through life after their mothers die
Can a book about death be laugh-out-loud funny? Can an instruction manual on what to do when you lose your mother be quirky and charming, witty and wise, painful and poignant? You bet. Suzy Hopkins and Hallie Bateman’s book, “What … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Dealing with death, Death and Dying, end-of-life, Grief, Hallie Bateman, Mother's Advice, Suzy Hopkins
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Free Online Heart Age Test Determines Cardiovascular Age
A new online calculator developed by UK health organizations assesses cardiovascular age compared to chronological age
The Heart Age Test is an online heart age calculator created by UK health organizations for users to assess how their cardiovascular heath aligns with their chronological age. To check their risk of heart attack or stroke, users answer 16 questions … Continue reading
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”
- Robert Browning
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged Aging, aging gracefully, Death, Death and Dying, Dying Well, Living Well, Right of Passage, Robert Browning, SevenPonds
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