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1. Hospice Chaplains: Offering Hope at the End of Life Most people don't like to think about death, even though it's evitable for everyone. As the saying goes, "The only things that are certain are death and taxes!" But when someone comes face to face with death, they begin to ask serious quest...
2. Loss, Grief and Bereavement Loss is the disappearance of something cherished, often the death of a person, loss of a relationship, loss of a job or loss of health. Grief is the entire response--mind, body and spirit--to the loss. Bereavement is the often term used when the loss...
3. Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep - A Poem, A Song and A Book to Comfort This lens is dedicated to the favorite bereavement poem, "Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep" words of sympathy that have brought comfort to many since it was written. This beloved poem has also been put to music as a stirring song and most...
4. greeting cards for cancer patients The traditional 'Get Well' greeting card doesn't always suit when it comes to patients fighting cancer and undergoing treatments like chemotherapy. Many cancer patients say they feel isolated because friends and sometimes family are afraid to stay i...
5. Caregiver Syndrome - Caregiver Stress Syndrome Caregiver Stress Syndrome is a way to describe the physiological and psychological changes experienced as the result of chronic stress due to ongoing caregiving activities. Caregiver Stress Syndrome are actual physiological and psychological symptoms...
6. The Light Beyond: helping you cope with grief and bereavement Someone you love has died. And, like countless others who have walked the path of grief before you, you are discovering that a death can rob you of so much more than a person you love. It robs you of your energy, your hope, and sometimes just of the...
7. Senior Care and Elder Care | Caring.com Find helpful senior care and elder care articles, expert advice, tips and resources at Caring.com.
8. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD Dr. Elisabeth Kubler Ross has the distinction of writing the first best selling book on a topic that no one wanted to discuss. On Death and Dying, written in 1969 is still required reading for many medical, nursing, psychology programs and college de...
9. Music Therapy - A Harmonious Complementary Therapy According to the American Music Therapy Association, Music Therapy is an established healthcare profession that uses music to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals of all ages.  Music therapy improves the quali...
10. Being There for a Dying Loved One I had the opportunity and privilege of sitting beside my mother while she died at home of cancer. She had opted at the age of 89 to leave her newly discovered cancer untreated and receive hospice care so she could die comfortably in her own home. At...
11. Caregiver Stress - The Impact of Caregiving Too Much Caregiver Stress is the emotional strain of caregiving for a loved one, or attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult. Caregiving can have a major impact on the caregiver's own health. Caregivers become so concerned about caring for their...
12. Bivocational Ministry: The Art of Tentmaking One of the most famous tentmakers of all time was the Apostle Paul, the human author of two-thirds of the New Testament! In fact, that's where the term "tentmaker" comes from, because he and some of his close friends (Aquila & Priscilla...
13. Surviving the death of a spouse My name is Tanya Clapshaw, and I was widowed after 16 years of happy marriage. My husband Dwayne died after a year-long struggle with melanoma cancer. Less than 40 years old, I was completely unprepared for people's reactions, the legal and financial...
14. Many reasons you will love Thomas H. Franz III At 73 years of age, Tom is a self proclaimed eccentric. No one is perfect, but Tom had every reason to make the effort. Perhaps we all know some dysfunction in our families, but Tom was overly sensitive about family strife. As a young boy he dreamed...
15. Book Review: Into The Light I was like many people. I feared death. It was always there, looming just a breath away. I had a beloved daughter who became deathly ill and I have a son who has had suicidal tendencies since the age of eight, so thoughts and fears of death haunted m...
16. General Tips for ALS Patients and Caregivers Anyone who knows anything about ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease or Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis) knows that it's a terrible disease that takes things it has no right to take. It's terrible for the patient and hard for the caregivers, especially caregivers...
17. Clowning Around Town | Sarasota Clown Parade Benefitted Local Charity How quickly we Sarasotans forget and move on to other artistic controversies! Unconditional Surrender, the colossal 3-D reproduction of Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic World War II photograph, literally has Sarasota's clowns surrounded. The 25-fo...
18. Your Final Answers: Everything You Need To Know About Funerals Since aging and death are not topics we easily discuss in this society, many people are finding themselves thrust into these situations that can be difficult if not somewhat frightening.  This is because we're usually so busy living we rarely gi...
19. Home Funerals / Family Directed Funerals A hundred years ago caring for your own dead, and funerals and vigils held in homes were the norm. Today, however, many people don’t realize they still have the option of choosing a home funeral. In most states, home funerals can be offered wit...
20. The Elderly End Game This is my diary about how my Dad's Elderly End Game impacted my life. This is the way I can share my anguish and fear while being tender and caring. This is RAW and REAL for me. If you have been here and have suggestions, be kind. Help me to learn h...