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Dying at Home

2016

Meet the Australians who are taking their death into their own hands and choosing to die at home.

12:06 min

My Own Life

A month ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health. At 81, I still swim a mile a day. But my luck has run out—a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver.

Article
Oliver Sacks
2015
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Getting Serious About Depression

For cancer patients, untreated depression can mean they stop taking prescriptions, skip their cancer treatment or start engaging in behaviors like smoking or overeating that can harm their health.

Article
Cameron Walker
2020
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What Scares Me About Getting Old

I’ve discovered that growing older hasn’t been a Lego-like replacement of “young” Ken figures with increasingly older versions. Instead, all of these younger selves are still very much alive and thriving, layered and integrated over the years.

Article
Kenneth Dychtwald
2021
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Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes

First published in 1980, Transitions was the first book to explore the underlying and universal pattern of transition. Named one of the fifty most important self-help books of all time, Transitions remains the essential guide for coping with the inevitable changes in life.

Book
William Bridges, Susan Bridges
2019
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No Risky Chances: The Conversation that Matters Most.

I learned about a lot of things in medical school, but mortality wasn’t one of them. Although I was given a dry, leathery corpse to dissect in anatomy class in my first term, our textbooks contained almost nothing about aging or frailty or dying.

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Atul Gawande
2014
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The Services Provided by Hospice Care

This article explains what hospice care is, the services it generally provides, and how to determine if seeking hospice care is appropriate for you or a loved one.

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Angela Morrow
2020
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Welcome to the Brink of Everything

Every day, I get closer to the brink of everything. We’re all headed that way, of course, even when we’re young, though most of us are too busy with Important Matters to ponder our mortality.

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Parker J. Palmer
2018
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On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old

From beloved and bestselling author Parker L. Palmer comes a beautiful book of reflections on what we can learn as we move closer to the brink of everything.

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Parker J. Palmer
2018
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Facing Own Death