“As someone who does research on health care through the end of life, I get into a lot of conversations with people who are looking for advice as they face difficult decisions. People reach out…

“I’m not quite sure how you thank someone for a conversation like that. For meeting you in the darkness, not with fragments of false hope but with seeds of honesty instead. Everyone always tells us…

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This year, on “What Matters to You?” Day  (Tuesday, June 2), we invite you to join us as we ask the people who matter most to us, what matters most to them. This international day of celebration, the…

“Over the last year, I have come to understand caregiving differently.  Not as an abstract concept. Not as a framework on a page. Not even only as a professional conversation, though I work at the Institute…

For some people, the idea of advance care planning brings up an unexpected fear: “What if this pulls me back into relationships that I’ve worked hard to step away from?” We hear this concern especially…