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What Is the California State University Institute for Palliative Care? (Interview)
An interview with Jennifer Ballentine, Executive Director of the CSU Institute for Palliative Care, Part OneJennifer Ballentine is the Executive Director of the California State University Institute for Palliative Care. The Institute primarily teaches healthcare professionals about palliative care and the nuances of the field. The main Institute is hosted by CSU San Marcos, with campus partners at San Marcos, CSU Fresno and CSU Monterey Bay. The Institute is also…
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Stevie Ray’s “The Life And Death Comedy Show” Gets People Talking
Comedian uses humor to break the ice around conversations about death and dying“We’re not going to make fun of death, we’re just going to make fun of how silly it is that nobody in America talks about the only inevitable thing out there, besides taxes,” Stevie Ray, a comedian based in the Twin Cities, said of his show, “The Life and Death Comedy Show.” He’s right: American’s don’t talk…
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“What to Do When I’m Gone: A Mother’s Wisdom to Her Daughter”
A mother-daughter collaboration offering guidance for life after a mother’s death in this bookCan a book about death be laugh-out-loud funny? Can an instruction manual on what to do when you lose your mother be quirky and charming, witty and wise, painful and poignant? You bet. Suzy Hopkins and Hallie Bateman’s book, “What To Do When I’m Gone: A Mother’s Wisdom to Her Daughter” will have you sniffling and…
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“I’ll Remember”
A touching love songs reminds us that memories can help us healMadonna, the iconic singer/songwriter/actress/entrepreneur, has been known for pushing the boundaries of popular music and culture since she first skyrocketed to fame in the 1980s. Her provocative style and in-your-face sexualtiy were evident in much of her early work, including hits like “Papa Don’t Preach,” and “Like a Prayer.” But after earning some unexpected critical…
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High-Intensity Rehabilitation Services Overused in Nursing Homes, Study Shows
Patients are receiving burdensome and unnecessary therapies at the end of lifeA recent study shows that many U.S.nursing homes are providing unnecessary — and extremely lucrative — rehabilitation services to patients at the end of life. The rate of these “ultra-high intensity” services increased 65 percent between 2012 and 2015 in the population studied, according to a report in Eureka Alert. The study, led by Helena…
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New Study Of Yanomami and Yekwana Tribes Points To Role Of Diet On Blood Pressure
A tribe with virtually no Western contact shows little to no increase in blood pressure as they ageA newly released study sheds insight into the role Western-influenced diets may play in blood pressure levels throughout our lives. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health measured blood pressure levels of two native tribes in South America. One tribe, the Yanomami, lives in near-total isolation and has had no Western influence…
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Sam Coulton Designs a New Necropolis
The architecture student has designed an environmentally friendly “city of the dead”Sam Coulton is a London architectural student who has been looking for a solution to a problem: London is rapidly running out of burial space. According to a 2015 BBC report, nearly half of London’s cemeteries will run out of space within the next 15 years. And while cremation is a viable and very popular…
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How Has End-of-Life Care Changed? (Interview)
An interview with Barbara Karnes, nurse, author, and end-of-life educator, Part TwoIn this second part of a two part interview, I sit down with award winning author, nurse, and end-of-life educator, Barbara Karnes, to talk about her experiences with hospice and end-of-life care. Among many other end-of-life works, Barbara wrote the famous”Gone From my Sight” (aka the “blue book”) which was the first hospice industry resource for…
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