Psychosocial support at end of life improves living – but you have to plan to make it happen
Recent research study releases information about what helps people end their lives as peacefully as possible. Dr Howard LeWine summarizes: “being at home instead of in the hospital not undergoing chemotherapy or other active cancer treatment not having a feeding tube talking with a chaplain or other minister, and spending time in private religious activity […]
Will Death Midwives Change the Face of Dying?
Death doula Thanadoula Death Midwife Midwife to the Dying Life Coach for the Dying These individuals offer unique services to the dying and their families. While titles and skills sets may vary, they are gaining acceptance and growing in numbers. Imagine having continuity in care as you or a loved one dies. Someone […]
CHPCA – Policy Alert re Assisted Suicide – a letter from ED Sharon Baxter
All members of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association received a letter this week from Sharon Baxter, the Executive Director for CHPCA regarding the issues of Assisted Suicide and Dying with Dignity. The letter reads: CHPCA has a Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Task Group that is actively monitoring this issue. Lately, there has been much […]
Green Burial – "How green is green?"
When I ask a Funeral Director about Green Burial I am usually asked “How GREEN is GREEN?” I took this question to Erik Lees of Lees and Associates,. Erik is a landscape architect who specializes in Cemeteries and in Green Burial. Erik shared a slide (see image) depicting “different shades of green”. From least difficult, […]
