When The Cranes Fly South
The power of this book by Lisa Ridzén lies in its simplicity. Ridzén’s story was inspired by the care-team journals kept while her grandfather was dying. It follows an old man in the Swedish north, living out his final days with his beloved dog and companion, Sixten. He grieves his wife, now lost to dementia […]
New Study Shows Some Patients Who ‘Died’ but Survived Report Lucid ‘Near-Death Experiences’
What happens when we actually die—when our heart stops and all electrical activity “flatlines” in our brain? Scientists have not given up on providing their own answers and are making some progress in better understanding the brain’s process of transitioning from life to death. Sam Parnia is an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone […]
The Tao of Death by Dr Karen Wyatt
Dr Karen Wyatt has spent much of her 25-year career as a hospice medical director caring for dying patients in their homes. In The Tao of Death: The Secret to a Rich and Meaningful Life, Dr Wyatt addresses the fact that most of us are fearful of the idea of death and live in denial […]
Executor Help: How to Settle An Estate by David E. Edey
Our reluctance to talk about the inevitable can only cause a lot of problems after we’ve gone. As a certified executor, David Edey has witnessed first hand, how families can become divided when it comes to sorting out what is left behind. In his personal life, he dealt with this in his own family and […]
What A Hospice Physician Who Interviewed 1,400 Patients Can Tell Us About Dying
Visions and vivid dreams are end-of-life experiences that are seldom talked about. They often include reunions with deceased loved ones — and can provide dying patients with profound comfort.