Greatest Gift Family Series Commercials
Hospice Care of the West launched a family series of commercials that capture the experiences of recording a life review video for ...
Caregiver Corner
Living Funeral: The Grandest Life Celebration
Your 15 minutes have arrived. Roll out the red carpet. A living funeral is the grandest celebration of your life with a twist—you, the honoree, ...
Last holiday with Mom underscores tradition
As the holidays approached, I opened the kitchen cupboard and pulled out the green box holding all my mother’s holiday recipes. I carried ...
Writing Your End-of-Life Plan and Advance Directive
Recently, I was teaching a class on end of life conversations and creating an end-of-life plan. As I read stories from my book Parting Ways, some ...
Dignity Therapy values leaving your spoken legacy to loved ones
I want to congratulate the researchers of the recent Dignity Therapy study published in the Lancet Oncology. The study demonstrates the value of ...
Adapting Home to Age in Place
Home is where nine out of 10 Americans wish to live out their last years, months and days according to the AARP. Recently, I spent the day with ...
Parting Ways: A New Book About Celebrating Life
Denise Carson, author and columnist, releases Parting Ways: New Rituals and Celebrations of Life’s Passing. In the book, Carson takes us on ...
Ethical Will: A Legacy of Values
Rabbi Jack Reimer, known as America’s rabbi, wisely advises parents that an ethical will, bequeathing your values, moral assets and life lessons, ...