Beyond Indigo- Death and Dying: Caregiving and Terminal Illness -- Hospice

Preparing For Death

Articles

Excerts from: What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living
Hospice is ....
Hospice: special care when it's needed most
Do you want your mother to die?
A Gift For The Dying
The Common Sense Caregiver
How Do We Know Someone Is Dead?
Euthanasia: Physician assisted suicide
The Comfort Of A Hug
Making A Bed
How Much Can You Tolerate?
Music
Dreams
Do We Choose?
Ritual
A Question
Story Board
Awareness Contexts and Dying
Responses to Awareness Contexts of Dying

Ask the Experts

How do you tell a child their sibling is dying?
My husband has cancer
Spouse refuses to share information
What gift do I take to a terminal ill person?
Training for bedside sitting
How Do I Keep Annoying People Away?
My mom is dying. I am normal.
Is he going to die?
He Just Wants to Die
What Dying People Want

General information

Phases of a life-threatening illness
End of life decisions

Do We Choose?

I remembered that for all things there is a season; things happen for a reason; some answers are not ours to know. I never once thought of going home, canceling the trip. It doesn't matter if we eat right, exercise, take vitamins, drink lots of water, say our prayers - we are all going to die. But, do we choose when? And is this "when" a specific date, place, time, or is it "when" everything is crossed off my "before I can die checklist"?

A Question

I received an email asking what I thought about the grim reaper - was this really the person who took us away at the time of death - a faceless person in a black robe carrying a scythe? I don't think so. It has been my experience working with dying people that deceased family members welcome the soul. What happens after that I don't know.