In compassionate care through the end of life, treatments other than medicines can make a crucial difference. The human touch is one. Another can be music. Guided by this, members of the Threshold Choir sit…

“ALS became a social media trend in 2014 with the Ice Bucket Challenge. A viral trend that, to be honest, I saw and thought nothing much of because, like with most viral trends, I never…

“My father had cancer but didn’t want to talk about his health. Or his health care. Or his health care wishes. None of it. He wanted to know how his grandsons were doing. And how…

He was in his early seventies, wearing flannel pajama bottoms and a worn tee shirt with a familiar image emblazoned across the front: the cover of the famous Beatles album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band….

Young people can have important conversations about what matters to them in their life and in their health care. Talking about life and death can be emotional, but it can also help take away the…

There’s never a convenient time to think about what we want through the end of life, so why not plan for it, just like any other long-term plan to purchase a home, go on a…