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Tag Archives: End-of-life care
Physical Intimacy and the Dying
Is Touching Taboo?
Join SevenPonds each month as Tani Bahti, RN, CT, CHPN, offers practical on-hand guidance to demystify the dying process. As an RN since 1976, Tani has been working to empower families and healthcare professionals to have the best end-of-life experience possible both through education and the … Continue reading
“Right, Before I Die” Portrays Inner Life of Hospice Patients
Photo essay by American artists Andrew George delivers life lessons
In 2012, American artist Andrew George contacted the Medical Director of Palliative Care at Providence Holy Cross Medical Centre in Los Angeles, California. George proposed the project that, two years later, became the photo essay “Right, Before I Die.” This … Continue reading
How Can Non-Medical Care Keep Your Loved One Safe and Comfortable? An Interview with Bridget Waller, RN, Part Two
Non-medical home care helps patients who are ill or at the end of life to stay at home.
In the second part of this two-part interview (read part one here), Bridget Waller, R.N., founder and owner of Hillendale Home Care, talks to SevenPonds about non-medical home care and how it can be integrated with hospice when patients are reaching the … Continue reading
A Letter to Your Doctor Gives Instructions for End-of-Life Care
Stanford Letter Project lets people communicate what they value most
A unique project is underway at Stanford Medicine in Palo Alto, California. Thousands of patients are writing letters to their doctors expressing exactly what they do and do not want as they approach the end of their lives. Based on … Continue reading
Ayurvedic Perspectives on Death and Dying
A hospice nurse and student of Ayurveda shares her thoughts
As a student at the California College of Ayurveda, Renee Traub wrote a paper investigating death and dying through an Ayurvedic lens. She brought to her Ayurvedic studies 28 years of experience as a neonatal ICU nurse and three of … Continue reading
What is an Undertaker? An Interview with Patrick McNally
A funeral director gives his unique perspective on end-of-life rituals
Today, SevenPonds is speaking with Patrick McNally, the outspoken and creative funeral director behind the blog The Daily Undertaker, which explores ritual and art surrounding death and dying. In this first installment of our interview, Patrick reveals his honest insight into the funeral … Continue reading
