By Matt Mauney Mesothelioma is a rare, highly aggressive form of cancer that primarily develops in the protective lining of the lungs and abdomen. The typical life expectancy for patients with the asbestos-related disease is less than a year. Survival rates decrease significantly with age. Because mesothelioma symptoms typically don’t appear until several decades [...]
Doula Service Offers New Approach To End Of Life Care Your End of Life Doula, an aging life care planner service in Guilford, CT, has set itself the mission to allow people to manage the way they die. The business has recently been created in an attempt to help people manage death in their [...]
What is an End-of-Life-Specialist? Posted on June 24, 2016 by michelle acciavatti To be honest, it’s a title I gave myself. I specialize in advance care planning, patient literacy and advocacy, non-medical support of the dying, home funerals, and green burials. End-of-Life Specialist seemed the best way to sum that up. But, it is so much more than [...]
Elder Care Doulas are non-medical professionals who are specially trained to holistically (physically, emotionally and spiritually) care for the elderly. It is a reality that in today’s world we are living in a time where families live in very far places from one another. It is also a fact that the average age of life has [...]
Suzanne B O'Brien discusses the launch of Positive Passings, a non-profit organization committed to educating and supporting individuals and their families to talk about End of Life Care ahead of time. Special care and preparation is given when we enter this world, why not do the same when we leave this world. Posted by Suzanne [...]
To ensure that you know what is important and make sure you have the ending that you want, do these three simple things. Posted by Suzanne B OBrien RN
Death Cafe: Write up of Death Cafe Millerton New York with Suzanne B. O'Brien Thursday, August 15, 2013. What a wonderful evening for our first Death Cafe! The Death Cafe in Millerton, NY welcomed 20+ guests ranging in age from 31 to 83, with the majority being women. Guests chose from tables of 3-6 seats, [...]
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When I was a young girl growing up, I never would have envisioned that I would be doing work where I help people at the end of their lives. It is with great privilege that I today work as an End of Life Doula. There are no two cases that are the same. Death and [...]
My name is Maple. Mommy said that she named me that because I am sweet like Maple Syrup. I am just about 18 months old and I have to say that I think this world is a pretty great place. I love meeting all kinds of people. They are very nice to me and sometimes, [...]
