Grief

Oct 24

8

What Ways Can You Die When You’ve Had Enough of Life?

By Althea Halchuck | Advance Directives, ALS, Choice, Dementia, Disability, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, POLST, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, Surrogate, The Right to Die, VSED | 13 Comments

When you believe it’s time to go, what options do you really have? There are more than you you think, without having to resort to a violent ending.

Jul 25

2

Surrogate Challenges Can Overwhelm Even An Experienced Hospice RN

By Helen Bauer | Advance Directives, Dementia, Disability, Dying, End-of-life care, Funeral Planning, Grief, Mental Illness, Surrogate | 2 Comments

“Sleep deprivation amplified every emotion and wore me down quickly,” she said. She was exhausted, angry, and felt guilty. She was “flying blind” to be the surrogate as Betty neared death – and she was a trained, experienced hospice RN. What does that say about your chance of being an effective surrogate?

May 30

9

Yes, Talk to Children About Death

By Asuncion Alvarez | Dying, Grief, Pandemic, Suffering and Death | 5 Comments

Children have also experienced the death of close relatives, but it often happens that we try to hide death from children in a misguided attempt to protect them. Far from helpful, this confuses children and prevents them from handling the pain of the loss they have suffered.

May 16

4

How to Be Part of Online Death Discussions

By Gail Rubin | Advance Directives, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Funeral Planning, Grief, Organ and Tissue Donation, Pandemic, The Right to Die | One Comment

Please welcome death and grief educator, author, and public speaker Gail Rubin, aka The Doyenne of Death, as a guest contributor to the blog.

May 02

4

How We Learn About Death, Part 1

By Terri Daniel | Advance Directives, Death With Dignity Act, Dementia, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, POLST, Religion, Right-to-Die Laws, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die, VSED | 5 Comments

Please join us in welcoming author, podcast host, and end-of-life educator, and atheist chaplain Terri Daniel as a guest contributor to the blog.

Apr 18

6

Stories from FEN Members — April 2021

By Kevin Bradley | Choice, Dementia, Final Exit Network, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, Religion, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 3 Comments

More FEN members share why they care about the right to die in general, and why they joined FEN in particular.

Mar 28

22

September 31

By Jane Asher | Grief, Spirituality | 30 Comments

We are delighted to introduce media personality and podcast host Jane Asher by presenting an exclusive preview of her upcoming book, The Next Room.

Apr 26

0

“Life goes on . . .”

By Lamar Hankins | Grief | One Comment

On April 24, Netflix released the six-episode second season of “After Life,” starring, directed, and written by comedian Ricky Gervais. It continues to take viewers through the grief that Gervais’s character Tony Johnson experiences after the death of his wife, Lisa, from breast cancer.

Mar 31

1

“After Life”

By Lamar Hankins | Grief | 2 Comments

In March, Netflix released a six episode series written, acted, and directed by British comedian Ricky Gervais–”After Life.” The main character, Tony, has just lost his beloved wife, after 25 years of marriage, to cancer and is trying to get on with life or die in response to his profound, debilitating grief, which is expressed initially through nastiness toward others, without the normal inhibitions that control us.