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Caring for aging parents: Chronic Illness >
Heart and kidney failure, frailty, Alzheimer’s, Lung disease, Diabetes, Cancer
Comfort Care and Quality of Life >
The Palliative and Hospice approach: comfort and quality of life is what it’s all about
Understanding Medical Terms and Jargon >
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation: CPR; Do Not Resuscitate: DNR; Allow Natural Death: AND
Culture, Traditions and Being Remembered >
Time honored customs can help at life’s end, and to keep memories alive.
Modern Medicine can keep you alive >
Heroic Measures: CPR, Breathing Machines, Feeding Tubes, Medications.
End of Life: Grief and Bereavement >
Knowing what End of Life looks like can ease the process; often grief starts long before the end.
Decision Makers: Consent and Conflict >
Surrogate, Substitute, Agent, Proxy: who will make sure your end of life wishes are followed.
Advance Directives
Advance Directives, Living Wills, Estate Plans, Financial Plans, Power of Attorney, Funeral Plans.
End of Life Planning Blog
Dr Michael Gordon: geriatrician and humanist
Dr Michael Gordon on playing music together, information vs knowledge and sex. Dr Michael Gordon, Geriatrician (amongst other things) What a wonderful wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Michael Gordon, Geriatrician, Writer, and Ethicist. Not necessarily in that order....
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Music Therapy: Unlocking the soul
Music has charms they say.. (Joe Jackson: ‘Slow Song’) Amy Clements-Cortes For Amy Clements-Cortes, PhD, MusM, MTA, the charm of music is its ability to accomplish a multitude of health and wellness goals. One of Amy’s areas of specialty is end of life music therapy...