Marianne shares her experience as a guest on the Death and Dying in the Digital Age, a podcast that explores the uncharted territory of our online afterlife.
How does the opioid crisis affect effective pain management at the end of life? Learn about this and other barriers with our special guest Patrick Coyne.
What misconceptions do people have about hospice? Learn the facts that can help you or a family member make an informed decision about entering hospice care.
Parents and our relationships with them can be complicated, leaving challenges when a parent dies. Learn how one person is coping with her mother's death.
What is an ICD, and should it be deactivated when one no longer wants to prolong life? Learn in this episode as we also celebrate the life of Beatrix Potter.
Does choosing hospice mean the end? The Carters have shown us hospice is about holding hands, eating favorite foods, and living your best life, even while dying.
We want our loved ones to be able to make their own decisions as long as they are able, but what do you do when they are making bad decisions? We talk about decision-making capacity and the differences between ability, capacity and competency.
What is Palliative Care? We answer that question in detail in this episode as we interview Connie Baker about her experiences with her father's advanced cancer.
What do you do when frontline chemotherapy fails to stop cancer from growing? Your care team may offer the decision between aggressive anticancer treatment or palliative and hospice care. We share the story of one patient as she determined what was...
We often use words like fighting, battle, and war for illness like cancer, but can "fighters" feel like failures when illness advances? Learn how can we do better.