How do we support the body, mind, and soul of a dying person? We want to know how to tell if our loved one is in pain so we can get them the right pain medications. We ask what we can do to make a loved one more comforted and comfortable. We need to know […]
In this first podcast, I interview Sherri Alper, a proud Vermonter, Co-Founder of Transitions, a women’s group in Manchester, Vermont, a compassionate therapist, and a woman who loves to laugh. Sherri and I talk about how she came to make her own urn one beautiful fall day in the Green Mountains. Her story is poignant, […]
Most people think of “age-proofing” a home for an elder as installing grab bars in the shower and tacking down the throw rug in the living room to make a home physically safer for an elder. I want to take that concept one step further and offer you a quick checklist to age-proof a home […]
Dear Reader, this post is available in audio format, so you can listen or read, or download and listen to this later on, whatever you prefer. A recent visitor to this site asked what they should read to someone on their deathbed. What a great question! Let’s start with the first step: You should ask […]
This post is also available in audio format, just click on the link below to hear the post via soundcloud, or download it to listen later on. Sometimes it’s just not possible to make that visit to a sickbed or deathbed because of past hurt, anger, or due to a difficult family situation. People […]
Updated 1/2/2017 Readers of this blog often ask me “What is the best present I can bring someone who is dying?” Readers also ask what they can or should bring, do, or say when visiting an elder, or someone on their sickbed, or a terminally ill family member, or a friend who may be bed […]