Tag Archives: End-of-life care

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
Posted on November 30, 2018 by Ellary Allis (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

“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 →

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High-Intensity Rehabilitation Services Overused in Nursing Homes, Study Shows

Patients are receiving burdensome and unnecessary therapies at the end of life
Posted on November 28, 2018 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds

A recent study shows that many U.S.nursing homes are providing unnecessary — and extremely lucrative — rehabilitation services to patients at the end of life. The rate of these “ultra-high intensity” services increased 65 percent between 2012 and 2015 in … Continue reading →

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How Has End-of-Life Care Changed?

An interview with Barbara Karnes, nurse, author, and end-of-life educator, Part Two
Posted on November 24, 2018 by Colleen Ferguson (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

In this second part of a two part interview, I sit down with award winning author, nurse, and end-of-life educator, Barbara Karnes, to talk about her experiences with hospice and end-of-life care. Among many other end-of-life works, Barbara wrote the famous”Gone … Continue reading →

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Why Is It So Hard to Let Go?

Too many families are torn apart when a loved one is dying
Posted on November 5, 2018 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. ~Michelangelo Last week, I learned that my 90-year-old aunt was in the hospital with pneumonia and sepsis. This is her second admission in a little less … Continue reading →

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What is the Sacred Dying Foundation? An Interview with Megory Anderson

Bringing sacredness and a spiritual element to the end-of-life experience
Posted on September 1, 2018 by Katie Ryan (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Megory Anderson is the founder of the Sacred Dying Foundation, an organization designed to bring sacredness and a spiritual element to the end-of-life experience. She is a theologian, educator, liturgist and author of the books Sacred Dying: Creating Rituals for … Continue reading →

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San Francisco’s Zen Hospice Has Closed Its Doors

After 30 years, the hospice has succumbed to budget woes
Posted on August 17, 2018 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds

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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