When families start talking about future care, they often end before they really begin. The conversation usually jumps straight to a destination: stay at home or move somewhere else. Before long, someone says the thing…

With considerable help from my wife, Patrice, I admitted my mother to a home specializing in memory care nearly nine years ago. We worked to understand, then wind up Mom’s everyday affairs; prepare a plan…

Losing someone is one of life’s most difficult experiences. In the days immediately following a death, emotions often feel overwhelming, yet there are still important responsibilities that need your attention. Between making arrangements, notifying family…

A Conversation with Kate DeBartolo on End-of-Life Care and Meaningful Conversations In this Caring Minutes conversation, PsychArmor’s Jamie Regalia speaks with Kate DeBartolo, Senior Director of The Conversation Project. Together, they explore how shifting from what is the…

I open the FaceTime app, make sure my house and my kid are presentable (if you are Latino, you know), and press call. My father lives in Colombia, in a small town near Medellín, about…

I grew up hearing my grandmother say that she was afraid of dying. As she would put it, “If death were rest, I would rather live tired.” My grandmother was always a spirited person, with…