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What to Say to Someone Who’s Very Sick

By Hallie Levine — 2018

Expert advice on finding the right words, listening well, and getting specific about offers of help.

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What Not to Say to Someone Who’s Sick

When it comes to providing emotional support, skip the platitudes. What matters is being honest and human.

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NPR
2011
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What Are the Signs that Someone Is Close to Death?

If a person or loved one is elderly or has a terminal illness, knowing death may be near is often difficult to deal with or comprehend. Understanding what to expect may make things a little easier.

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Lana Burgess
2020
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Caregivers: Living with Guilt

How to keep it in check by tolerating ambivalence, maintaining balance and staying realistic.

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Barry J. Jacobs
2016
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How Dementia Changes Families

When my mom developed dementia, my dad tried to deny it and I tried to fix it. We both failed.

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Alex Witchel
2013
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Dementia Behaviors: Expert Tips for Understanding and Coping

Anger, confusion, and sadness are a few symptoms a person with dementia may experience regularly. Even though you know your loved one’s dementia behaviors are symptoms of a disease and not intentional, dealing with them is often emotionally and physically challenging.

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Merritt Whitley
2020
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10 Ways to Support an Ill or Injured Loved One

Whether a permanent disability, a severe injury, an illness, or a mental health issue, an immobilizing condition can be emotionally devastating for the sufferer. Isolation can bleed into loneliness which can quickly turn into depression, all the while plummeting feelings of self-worth.

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Cindy Batchelor
2018
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How to Cope When a Loved One Has a Serious Mental Illness

How mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and major depressive disorder can affect family and friends.

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Shirley M. Glynn, PhD, Karen Kangas, EdD, and Susan Pickett, PhD
2015
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Coping with Sickness

When a parent, caregiver, or other loved one becomes ill with COVID-19 and is isolated, the whole family struggles. But there are ways to comfort and reassure children, to offer clear honest explanations, and to stay connected to the person who is sick.

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Coping with Anticipatory Grief

Coping with anticipatory grief is different than coping with the grief after someone dies (conventional grief). You may have mixed feelings as you find yourself in that delicate place of maintaining hope, while at the same time beginning to let go.

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Lynne Eldridge
2019
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5 Lessons from Having an Ill Family Member

Illness is a part of life. People are born, grow up, strive to be healthy, but there is always a chance that illness will strike at any given moment.

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Jacob Cashman
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Handling a Loved One’s Illness