By Mark Ray for Next Avenue With apologies to poet Robert Burns, the best-laid estate plans of women and men sometimes go awry. Consider the friend of estate attorney Roz Carothers’ client. The…
Not About the Soup: A Sister’s Recipe for Her Brother’s Last Days
By Michele Weldon for Next Avenue The trick is to whip the eggs fully and mightily with the juice squeezed from the fresh lemons — carefully so as not to drop in any…
In Life’s Last Chapter, What Matters? A Room With a View
By Sarah White for Next Avenue In E.M Forster’s novel, “A Room with a View,” an older woman and her young charge agreed on one thing: their stay in Florence…
Isolation Is Debilitating for Many Near the End of Life
By Craig Miller for Next Avenue Never have the debilitating effects of isolation been laid so bare as during the persistent COVID-19 pandemic. During the lockdowns of 2020, everybody got…
Heart and Soul Hospice reports employee tests positive for COVID-19
A direct patient care employee at Heart & Soul Hospice of Farmington has tested positive for COVID-19. Heart & Soul Hospice is a program of PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America).…
Heart and Soul Hospice reports employee tests positive for COVID-19
Heart & Soul Hospice of Farmington has learned that a direct patient care employee tested positive for COVID-19. Heart & Soul Hospice is a program of PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of…
Hospice Care Must Be a Choice Everyone Can Access
By Dr. Gina Piscitello for Next Avenue Editor’s note: This article was provided through The OpEd Project, whose mission is to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world. “Please…
Heart and Soul Hospice reports employee tests positive for COVID-19
Heart & Soul Hospice of Farmington learned this morning that a non-direct-patient care employee has tested positive for COVID-19. Heart & Soul Hospice is a program of PMMA (Presbyterian Manors…
I’m Mourning My Father Without Regrets
By Lisa Kanarek for Next Avenue On a sunny afternoon a couple of years ago, I returned to my childhood home and walked in on a dance party. My 93-year…
Making Memories: Remember to Get Grandparents in the Picture
By Yona Eichenbaum for Next Avenue As my luggage touched the floor, the need to capture the moment felt urgent. Visceral. Living it wasn’t enough. I needed hard copy. I scooped up my…