Essential Arrangements

12/06/2018

Plus it is a wonderful gift to your family! Consider having them "take" a sentimental item from your home as their gift to you this holiday season!

Let’s face it. Over the decades, we accumulate a lot of stuff. Then, as we get older, our priorities and interests change. After carrying clothes, books, travel souvenirs and school projects around for years, it all gets a little tiring. The memories are wonderful, but, in our 60s and 70s, for man...

10/19/2018

So true...don't put off a most important plan....

In the final days of life, it may be too late to choose how you want to die, who you want to be cared by, and how you'd like your symptoms managed.

10/13/2018

We should make talking about death more acceptable, take away the fear...it is a reality!

Teens already learn s*x ed in school, so why not death ed too? The Current speaks to a palliative care doctor who says high school students should be taught about death and dying.

10/05/2018

Pre-planning is so important...and what a gift to your loved ones! Save them the time, the struggle and the legal fees by having your estate in order!

John McCain had a plan for his final months and funeral. Aretha Franklin didn't, and the result made her family unhappy. We should all learn from this.

09/20/2018

Don't let this be your family...preplanning can help eliminate conflict....

09/11/2018

Interesting read...

Learn about why our understanding of what constitutes a Good Death may increase the suffering of those who are dying as well as our own.

07/23/2018

Today I was honored to lead a group of nine people in a discussion about death and dying. We spoke about cultural fears about death and ultimately how liberating it is to TALK about DEATH! 💀 After all, we’re all going to die right?

Personally journeying with a cancer diagnosis and being surrounded by many others with cancer I feel like I’m surrounded by death. Please don’t misunderstand, I believe in LIFE and choose life and joy again and again but accepting one’s death is paramount to TRULY LIVING and appreciating LIFE! Accepting ones death is a beautiful thing and is something that can bring great peace. Why resist the inevitable?

So grateful to be a part of Full Circle Living & Dying Collective in Grass Valley!

Shared by Tara 😉

06/25/2018

Watch for your new Medicare card in the mail....

Today, CMS announced the mailing of new Medicare cards to beneficiaries in Wave 3 states, including Kansas.

The new cards are coming now. Be sure to check your mail and do not throw your new Medicare card away. Here’s what the envelope will look like.

06/19/2018

Coffin Club UK is based on a model that has successfully run in New Zealand for a number of years. It is for elderly people, people who are terminally ill, or the people who care for those people (or, indeed, anyone else who fancies it!) to come and work out their funeral wish-list, plan, and cost,....

05/13/2018

There are so many mistakes people make handling the estate of their deceased family members. Here's how to avoid those mistakes.

05/13/2018

Your house, and what it contains, is a minefield in the eyes of your grown children.

04/23/2018

Conversations about death are among the most important, and difficult, we may ever have. Too often, we avoid them, Elizabeth Bernstein writes.

04/23/2018

So true...don't put off making important arrangements! You may never need them, but they are in place if you do!

Even if we need to give things up, we can still choose when and how

03/13/2018

So important to have this talk wirh your family!

Adult children don’t always know their parents are planning to have them as caregiver.

02/17/2018

02/15/2018

Home funerals are becoming more of a trend...before you say "ewwww" .....think of how it was done not so many years ago, before so many funeral homes existed...

Richard's guest today is Jenny Briscoe-Hough, who had an epiphany about the business of funerals after her mother’s death. Jenny was shocked at the cost of the modest funeral she and her family arranged.

Some time later, Jenny came up with the idea of a not-for-profit funeral service. With help from locals in Port Kembla, and a crowdfunding campaign, Tender Funerals - A Community Undertaking is now a reality.

One piece of advice she gives to those who've been with a person who has died, is "pick up the kettle, before you pick up the phone". Jenny encourages people to re-think the way we handle our loved ones after death, from the very moment we lose them, right through to their burial.

Listen to Jenny's conversation by clicking her photo, or download the podcast via your favourite app.
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/conversations-jenny-briscoe-hough/9406694

09/20/2017

Lots of time sitting, and very little spent moving around, may contribute to loss of the ability to walk in old age, a large U.S. study suggests.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-elderly-activity-mobility/sedentary-time-lack-of-activity-tied-to-seniors-loss-of-mobility-idUSKCN1BI2GI

By Shereen Lehman(Reuters Health) - Lots of time sitting, and very little spent moving around, may contribute to loss of the ability to walk in old a