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Sitting Vigil at a Death Bed: A Checklist

3 years ago

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 […]

After Death, Facing Death, Life Planning, Other
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Visiting a Sickbed or Deathbed: What do you bring, do or say?

8 years ago

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 […]

Facing Death, Other
45

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