Bucket List Starts Now!
This week’s video blog is about your Bucket List, but with a new twist. You have heard me say I want you to think about hospice care as Bucket List time. But why wait? Let the Hollywood celebrities inspire you to not wait to start checking off some Bucket List items. There’s…
Not Guilt Or Shame For Taking Time For You
This week’s video blog is about caring for loved ones with Dementia and Alzheimer’s and taking time for YOU in the process. Many care givers feel guilt or shame for taking time for themselves. I hope this video helps you let go of any guilt or shame you may be feeling. It is important to…
What’s Over The Rainbow?
This week’s video blog is about the ultimate mystery – what’s on the other side of the rainbow? What happens when we die? Do our loved ones who have died still communicate with us? I share some of my thoughts this week, and I would love to hear your thoughts about what you think the…
The Surprise Question
This week’s video blog will help you determine the right time to request a hospice assessment for your loved one. Many of us in the hospice industry call this “The Surprise Question”. Watch the video to learn about this important question you need to ask the doctor so you and your loved one can get…
Your Perfect Last Day on the Planet
This week’s video blog is about your Perfect Last Day on the Planet. Watch this video to learn how to get the conversation started with your family about advance care planning in a fun, pie-in- the-sky kind of way. The conversation does not have to be scary, or doom and gloom. Let your imagination paint…
Taking Care of the Caregiver
This week’s video blog is about Taking Care of the Caregiver. Caregivers are like Super Heroes – they have boundless energy, leap tall buildings in a single bound, and have all kinds of super human abilities – NOT! They act like they do, they feel like they should, but in reality they are typically the…
Alzheimer’s Disease and Love
This week’s video blog is about Alzheimer’s Disease and love. I hope this video gives all the caregivers and friends of someone suffering from this terrible disease hope and encouragement as it relates to showing love and making a difference in the patient’s life. Enjoy receiving this supportive message, and please let me know if…
What To Say…and What Not To Say – to Someone Who Is Grieving
This week’s video blog is about what to say….and what not to say, to someone who is grieving a loss. Very tricky territory for sure, and something that often makes us very uncomfortable. But you can take the pressure off yourself – just watch this video to learn how. Please let me know if you…
Interviewing Long Term Care Facilities
This week’s video blog is about questions you need to ask as you interview Long Term Care Facilities when your loved one can no longer stay in their home safely, or when caring for your loved one at home becomes more than the family can manage. Enjoy the video and please let me know what questions you may have.
How to choose a person to honor your end of life wishes
Thank you for registering for the telesummit, It’s About How You LIVE – Taking the Fear Out of Conversations About Advance Care Planning, Serious Illness and End of Life Care. Many of you completed the short survey we sent out after the telesummit, and I want to answer one of the questions from the survey…