Aiding Her Dying Husband, a Geriatrician Learns the Emotional and Physical Toll of Caregiving
The loss of a husband. The death of a sister. Taking in an elderly mother with dementia. This has been
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Getting a Prescription to Die Remains Tricky Even as Aid-in-Dying Bills Gain Momentum
Linda Heim knew her dad didn’t plan to wait for the cancer to kill him. For decades, he’d lived in
Read MoreNew Legal Push Aims to Speed Magic Mushrooms to Dying Patients
Back in March, just as anxiety over COVID-19 began spreading across the U.S., Erinn Baldeschwiler of La Conner, Washington, found
Read MoreWe Put Off Planning, Until My Father-in-Law’s Medical Crisis Took Us by Surprise
This story also ran on CNN. This story can be republished for free (details). Earlier this month, my husband picked
Read MoreBereaved Families Are ‘the Secondary Victims of COVID-19’
This story also ran on CNN. This story can be republished for free (details). Every day, the nation is reminded
Read MoreAdding To COVID Stress, Families Of Health Workers Fight For Denied Workers’ Comp Benefits
James “Mike” Anderson was a hospital employee in suburban Philadelphia with a low-profile though critical job: changing air filters in
Read More‘I Couldn’t Let Her Be Alone’: A Peaceful Death Amid the COVID Scourge
As her mother lay dying in a Southern California hospital in early May, Elishia Breed was home in Oregon, 800
Read MoreMy Mother Died Of The Coronavirus. It’s Time She Was Counted.
We recently received the death certificate for my mother, who died May 4 in an assisted living facility near New
Read MoreBringing ‘Poogie’ Home: Hospice In The Time Of COVID-19
After she landed in the hospital with a broken hip, Parkinson’s disease and the coronavirus, 84-year-old Dorothy “Poogie” Wyatt Shields
Read MorePalliative Care Helped Family Face ‘The Awful, Awful Truth’
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Read MoreSheltered At Home, Families Broach End-Of-Life Planning
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Read MoreShortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients
This story also ran on USA Today. This story can be republished for free (details). For Jill Hofstede, whose 90-year-old
Read MoreFunerarias, y familias, reflexionan sobre las muertes en la era de COVID-19
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Read MoreWhen Aid-In-Dying Is Legal, But The Medicine Is Out Of Reach
Last summer, Neil Mahoney was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Mahoney had to spend his last days fighting to find
Read MorePatients Want A ‘Good Death’ At Home, But Hospice Care Can Badly Strain Families
“I’m not anti-hospice at all,” said Joy Johnston, who relocated to New Mexico years ago at age 40 to care
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