Tag Archives: end-of-life

Enhancing Communication About Goals of Care Through Video Interventions

How videos can improve communication at the end of life
Posted on February 20, 2024 by Monica Salazar (Blog Writer) SevenPonds

In a 2023 study conducted jointly by Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, researchers uncovered a promising strategy to facilitate crucial goals of care discussions among elderly hospital patients. The study revealed that showing patients videos depicting real-life scenarios … Continue reading →

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How Do You Prepare for Dementia? An Interview with Stanley Terman

A discussion on the planning, choices and strategies for dealing with dementia
Posted on April 15, 2021 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D., is CEO and Medical Director of Caring Advocates and the author of Peaceful Transitions: Stories of Success and Compassion; Plan Now, Die Later—Ironclad Strategy. He is also the creator of My Way Cards/Natural Dying Living Will Cards, … Continue reading →

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Science Has Yet to Explain Near-Death Experiences

Near-death experiences have delivered plenty of answers, but even more questions
Posted on February 9, 2021 by Brittany Sulc (Blog Writer, Brittany Sulc)

At one point or another, most of us have seen a raccoon or a squirrel that tragically attempted to cross the highway at the wrong moment. Those little, furry beings lying on the side of the road are heartbreaking to … Continue reading →

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“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 on April 18, 2019 by Melissa Gouty
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Cultural Values May Inhibit End-of-Life Choices

Health professionals and patients working together can clarify options for Chinese and Latino families bound to tradition
Posted on February 14, 2019 by Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)

Approaching the end of life is difficult enough without having to deal with language barriers and deep-set cultural norms that may affect the decision-making process. For Asians and Latinos, who are bound to tradition and may lack the necessary communication … Continue reading →

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“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
Posted on November 30, 2018 by Melissa Gouty

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 →

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