“Several years ago, my husband and three children and I were driving through rural Pennsylvania on a family trip and saw a billboard that asked, somewhat ominously: ‘Is Your Hospice Letting You Down?'” — Theresa Brown
No One Dies Alone is a compassionate volunteer program that ensures people with no one else available have someone by their side at the end of life, bringing dignity and comfort through human presence.
Consider the importance of focusing on your loved one’s perspective during their final moments, rather than being consumed by your own grief and emotions.
Terminal lucidity often brings a surprising clarity to patients with severe cognitive decline, allowing them to communicate thoughts and emotions with loved ones in their final moments.
As the saying goes, there are two things we can’t avoid: death and taxes. Another less-known and also difficult-to-avoid situation is the cost of dying.
“Meaning matters just as much as medicine at the end of life.” — Dr. Michelle Riba
“Even a person who is very, very ill or who has a psychiatric illness or Down syndrome can say ‘Don’t do this to me.'”
“While I want to give my all to my patients, I know that I must meet them where they are.”
“Everyone gasped as the comatose patient slowly lifted her hand from the bed and began moving it in time to what I was singing.”
