You Should Be Thinking About Death: Why Memento Mori is the Ultimate Life Hack
Befriend your eventual demise to figure out what matters most. (Continue reading ...)
Do You Know How To Prepare For Your Digital Life After Death?
Many older adults maintain extensive online presences, but they may not have the tools or knowledge to ensure their accounts are secure and accessible to people they trust. Now they can. (Continue reading ...)
Wingman: Escorting My Father to a Death with Dignity
This is the story of the journey from bulletproof dad to a man crippled by disease, the transformation of relationships, and what assisted dying looks and feels like from the inside. (Continue reading ...)
Medical Aid in Dying Allows for a Focus on Living
"Six months ... inexorably culminating in a slow death by starvation ... I cannot ... deny someone a choice that I myself would want ... under the same grim circumstances." -- Dr. Joshua Pagano (Continue reading ...)
Learning to Talk About Death and Dying Should Start Early in Doctors’ Careers
"When I started medical school ... one of the things I needed to learn, but didn't, was how to talk to people about death and dying." -- Junaid Nabi, MD, MPH (Continue reading ...)
Expanding Access to Medical Aid in Dying
What if the laws intended to give people more control over dying actually fail many of those who need them most? (Continue reading ...)
For-Profit Hospice – When Money Becomes the Mission
"Several years ago, my husband and three children and I were driving through rural Pennsylvania on a family trip and saw a billboard that asked, somewhat ominously: 'Is Your Hospice Letting You Down?'" -- Theresa Brown (Continue reading ...)
A Period of Extremes
"Now that I realize that I’m on my way to the final exit, I feel that there is very much to explore here ... the world feels completely different when we realize that fact." -- Wally Klatch (Continue reading ...)
When Dying Loved Ones See Things You Cannot
Consider the importance of focusing on your loved one's perspective during their final moments, rather than being consumed by your own grief and emotions. (Continue reading ...)
Deathbed Regrets
What heirlooms would you like to leave? What kind of life do you want to manifest? (Continue reading ...)