After she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I became my mom’s caregiver. From my own experience, I know that providing a support system for a caregiver can help them to feel recognized and create space…

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…

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…

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…

When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. —Victor Frankel, Man’s Search for Meaning Malcolm was sitting up in bed, his hospital door ajar. He had on…

The only time my husband and I talked about anything to do with the end of our lives was when we chose our children’s godparents—those who would take care of them should we both die….