Death and dying

Hospice Care: Help During the End Stages of Life

“No one needs to die in pain.” That is what the social worker told me as I signed the papers that would...

For many, music from certain eras can bring back memories of better times. For others, music soothes anxiety or gets them pumped...

Many people have heard of hospice care but they mistakenly think that it’s just a way to help cancer patients be more...

The mission of hospice providers is to help people live their last months or weeks of life in the most comfortable, dignified...

While death rarely brings pleasant feelings, from time to time, we’ll see a story about death go viral on the Internet because...

Many caregivers watch their loved ones endure a long, slow decline that will eventually end in death. As they age, we grieve...

Dear Carol: My siblings and I are at odds over how to help our 80-year-old mom during her last weeks of life....

We’ve all heard that we must first learn to love ourselves before we can love others. Yet, many of us have grown...

When the paperwork was finally signed to get hospice care for my dad, I was grateful. There would now be a routine...

Long-term marriages generally evolve into a support system so efficient that even adult children hardly notice changes in their parents. If Dad’s...