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The Bloom Project Delivers Joy at the End of Life
A cadre of volunteers supplies repurposed flowers to people in hospiceA room where someone is dying can be a sad place. Often, someone at the end of life does not get outside. Sometimes a person cannot move from the bed. So it is a true gift of love — and color and fragrance — when a bouquet of flowers is delivered to a patient. It…
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Our Monthly Tip: Give Flower-Seed Infused Cards as Memorial Gifts
Your guests will enjoy the blooms for months to comeOur Tip of the Month Spring is here, and gardeners all across the country are looking forward to the growing season. Spring bulbs like daffodils and tulips may already be blooming, but there’s still plenty of time to plant late spring and summer flowers from seed. So if you’re planning a memorial for a loved…
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What Is a Dementia-Inclusive Community? (Interview)
An interview with Sadie Harmon, a dementia-inclusive communities director who uses art as a means of communication, Part OneOne of the most exciting aspects of Sadie Harmon’s work is that she is creating new ways to communicate with and carry out the wishes of people with dementia who are living at home and active in their communities. Last August she joined Elder Care Alliance, a network of five senior living communities in California’s Bay Area. Programs…
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Popularity of CBD Has Regulators Taking Action
Widespread distribution of the popular cannabis derivative is being checked by FDA and other agenciesCannabidiol, or CBD, is a non-psychoactive chemical found in some cannabis and hemp that’s become popular for treating a variety of ailments. CBD produces none of the “high” associated with marijuana use. As its popularity has recently skyrocketed, it has become easily available in lots of places where marijuana is still very much illegal, and…
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“No Happy Endings”
A memoir about building a new life while grieving the oldNora McInerny’s “No Happy Endings” reflects on the complexity of finding love after loss and creating a second chapter after tragedy strikes and forcibly ends the first. In 2017, McInerny published a memoir called “It’s Okay To Laugh: (Crying Is Cool Too)” about losing her husband Aaron Purmort, who was diagnosed with a rare form…
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Proposed California Bill Would Give Tax Credit to Caregivers
AARP is pushing similar bills in at least seven other state legislatures this yearTax Day has come and gone. Tax credits can help to ease the burden of how much we owe. In California, a new bill proposed in the state legislature would create a tax credit for caregivers for five years, starting in tax year 2020. The bill, written by state Assemblyman Jim Patterson, would give family caregivers…
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“The Rising”
A song that touches upon a number of resurrectionsSelected by Rolling Stone magazine as the 35th best song of its decade, “The Rising” by Bruce Springsteen connects a number of resurrections. It had been seven years since Springsteen released a studio album — and over 18 years since he had recorded with the E-Street Band, his primary back-up since 1972. Indeed Bruce and…
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The World’s Most Efficient Superbug
A deadly fungus has wiped out hundreds of species of amphibians worldwideThese days, most of us are familiar with the term “superbug” — a word commonly used to describe a type of infection-causing organism that conventional treatment can’t control. MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is one of the most ubiquitous. A once rare bacterial strain found mainly in hospital intensive care units, it now infects as many…
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