Hi, nice to meet you. Let’s talk about death.
I’m here to talk about death. Yours, mine, the deaths of people we know and love. The common experience that all of us are going to have (unless you are […]
Zombies!
So it is more than two years later. A blog about death that died in the pandemic! So meta, much irony, wow. And zombie meme too! Much has happened in […]
Dying, Doulas, and Denial
This is a long post, unsurprising to anyone familiar with my posts. Please bear with me, lots to unpack here. Information on jobs working in death, including information on Death […]
Rethinking Comfort Measures
We talk a lot about comfort measures in end of life care. After discussing the futility of further treatments, conversation moves to those measures intended to give the very best […]
Deciding on a care plan for death – yours or someone else’s.
Watching a recent interview with the filmmakers of the film “End Game” I was struck by a question from the interviewer. His question suggested to me a belief that still […]
That’s not how it should work, death edition
In today’s post, I am going to take on yet another beloved cultural icon and heap scorn upon it. Since we are rapidly approaching the end of 2018 and preparing […]
That’s not how it works – Death edition
In today’s economy there are things you hear quite a bit from people just struggling to pay the bills and keep a roof over their heads. “I can’t save […]
Chronic Pain vs the Opioid Crisis
Lots of stuff in the news about the very real problem with opioids being diverted into the community and about them being prescribed irresponsibly in the first place. Doctors feel […]
When someone you care for wants to die now
I have been trying to do a sort of linear structure with my blogging here, starting with early preparations and working my way through end of life care. But issues […]
More care planning – how to get stuff paid for (or not)
A big area of confusion – and made so by design – is how and what is paid for by whom when it comes to needed care and assistance. Most […]
POLST and DNR
While a living will or advanced directive is a document that expresses your wishes for medical care, it is NOT a medical order. It may include (and should include) a […]