By Greg Schmidt, hospice chaplain In nature, we discover life is FILLED with pressure-filled and time-filled mysteries. For instance, tectonic shifts in platelets near the earth’s crust cause earthquakes. A…
How to Find the Right Words for Someone in Hospice
By Kevyn Burger for Next Avenue After spending 15 years researching the best ways to support people whose lives end in hospice, professor Elizabeth Bergman has advice for friends, neighbors,…
Heart & Soul Hospice to host Advance Directives Day in Farmington
Do your loved ones know your end of life wishes? Have you ever wondered how to ensure that your last wishes are met? Having written statement, or advance directive, of…
Following the Paperwork Trail of a Lifetime
By Jenny Klion for Next Avenue There is an enormous stack of paperwork that follows me wherever I go. Even now as I’m settling into a new apartment, I’m staring…
Leaving a Legacy No Matter How Much Money You Have
By Richard Eisenberg for Next Avenue Leaving a legacy — sounds like something only wealthy people can do, right? Like making a giant bequest to a university or passing on…
Living Life With the End in Mind
By Grace Birnstengel for Next Avenue (Part of the Living to the End of Life, a special report for The John A. Hartford Foundation.) Cathy Wurzer made a dying man…
How to Choose Hospice Care
By Liz Seegert for Next Avenue (Editor’s note: This story is part of a special report for The John A. Hartford Foundation.) Making the decision to transition your loved one…
What Can You Do to Ease a Caregiver’s Burden?
By Debbie Swanson for Next Avenue When a friend or family member is knee-deep in caring for a loved one, a common gesture is to drop off a casserole, or…
What Hospice Does and Doesn’t Do
By John F. Wasik for Next Avenue Part of the Living to the End of Life Special Report, a special report for The John A. Hartford Foundation. More than once…
The Gift of Making a Video Biography
By Debbie Musser for Next Avenue Seymour and Angel Newman light up as they talk about their daughters, Shoshana and Raphaela. “The best thing that ever happened to my life…