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The world's first study of how grandmothers experience the death of their stillborn grandchild exposes a unique kind of grief. But there are many ways we can support them. 
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As with birth, dying is a process. How does it unfold? Can you prepare for it? And how can you help a loved one in their final hours?
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One of the essential things to do before you die is to prepare a "When I Die" folder for your family. Here's why it matters.
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The internet age has impacted the way we grieve so much, that knowing when it's best for you to cut digital ties has become a common question in online forums.
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In the town of Otsuchi in northern Japan, 2,000 residents were lost in the 2011 tsunami.
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Many avoid thinking about such a question, which makes a good passing harder to come by.
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Some hospitals help parents move their children out of the ICU, with life support in tow, to let them die in familiar surroundings.
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These are the things I wish I had known when my dad was dying. And some of them are things I intend to do now to prepare for my own death.
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Death is a reality for nurses, but coping with it can be difficult. Here, Nurse Wali Khan, BSN, RN discusses ways to cope with the death of a patient.
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I wish my dad could drive, to keep me safe like always, Robyn Sheppard writes, but now, it is my turn to lead
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It has been suggested millennials are the most fearful of death, unlike our grandparents, raised through world wars, who learnt that life can be short.
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In the final days of life, it may be too late to choose how you want to die, who you want to be cared by, and how you'd like your symptoms managed. Up to 60% of acute patients are admitted to hospital out-of-hours when frequently only junior doctors can care for them. A junior doctor can provide short-term management plans but is often poorly equipped for longer-term goals and to deliver empathetic and clear end-of-life care conversations. During business hours, senior and more experienced doctors will review patients and provide better, longer-term management plans, which can include referral to specialist palliative care teams. These teams relieve the suffering of patients and their families by comprehensively assessing and treating physical, psychological and spiritual symptoms.
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A father with motor neurone disease (MND) describes the sadness of facing a terminal diagnosis – and his plan to ‘write and doodle’ his way into his boys’ future
Peter Mellow's insight:
Kia Kaha (Stay Strong) Joe Hammond, thank you for sharing your story. I know your future letters will be a source of strength for your children. PM
Peter Mellow's curator insight,
September 16, 2018 9:56 PM
Kia Kaha (Stay Strong) Joe Hammond, thank you for sharing your story. I know your future letters will be a source of strength for your children. PM |
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'Alternate Endings' explores how a new generation of elderly Americans is making dying more personal and more open.
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Dying To Know Day is bringing to life conversations and community actions around death, dying and bereavement. D2KDay promotes the development of Death Literacy across Australia.
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As a world leader in managing the care of very sick people, Ken Hillman’s breakthrough methods of treating critically ill patients have become the gold standard in Australia, the U.S. and Europe. His job is about keeping people alive, but he asks us to question whether that’s always a good thing. Ken Hillman is Professor …
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University of Melbourne research highlights the importance of discussions about place of care and place of death for terminally ill patients and their families.
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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was an expert in grief and death — but her son says she struggled to face the challenges she wrote about when they happened to her.
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Welcome to Australia's biggest, and newest, morgue where up to 500 bodies are stored after sudden or unexplained deaths and staff bend over backwards to help people through the worst day of their lives.
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Have you spent time thinking about how you would like your final period of life to play out?
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How having pictures of a funeral can help the bereaved remember their loved ones.
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You've more than likely heard of birth doulas. But nowadays, death doulas are providing support at the end of life. How they fit into existing structures of care remains to be understood.
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Have we passed death on to other people? How one woman has brought the end-of-life care back into the home.
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