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End of Life Care Scare: Passages Hospice Charged with Fraud
Illinois’ Seth Gillman over-extended his patients’ care, costing the government a lot of moneySeth Gillman of Lincolnwood, Illinois has been charged with health care fraud for manipulating the end of life care needs of his patients. The owner of hospice and end of life care center Passages, Gillman told his nurses to exaggerate the gravity of care for patients – which would more than triple the cost of…
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A Changing of the Guard: Pete Seeger Dies at 94
Remembering American folk artist and activist Pete SeegerPete Seeger, the banjo slinging granddaddy of American folk music, died late Monday night after six days of hospitalization in New York’s Presbyterian Hospital. The death of Pete Seeger resonates with the end of the folk-activist era in America, which retained a mental foothold in our culture as long as Seeger was with us.…
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“Kettering”
A caretaker’s haunting story of losing a loved one to terminal illnessImagine watching the person you love succumb to terminal illness. Hospice, an album by the The Antlers, tells the story of a woman’s end of life. Told through the perspective of her caretaker, the songs teem with harrowing nightmares and raw grief. The instrumentation, ranging from the atmospheric to the cacophonous, expresses every shade of…
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“Farewell”
Anne Bronte’s poem teaches a lesson in remembering loved onesYou’re probably familiar with the works of Charlotte and Emily Bronte; but what you may not know is that they had a younger sister, Anne, who was also a writer. Unfortunately, the successes of her older siblings tended to leave her “outshone” by them. However, I recently came across a poem by Anne Bronte that,…
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Grieving Through Time and Terminal Illness
Ben Nunery’s re-created wedding pictures pay a unique tribute to his late wifeYears after photographer Ben Nunery’s wife passed away from a terminal illness, he decided it was time channel his grieving into a more creative outlet. Before his wife was diagnosed with a terminal illness, Ali and Ben were on the rosy path of most newlyweds. A house was purchased. A family was on the radar.…
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How Can We Support the Aging and Elderly? (Interview)
Executive Director Andrew Gaines shows us how Ashby Village can support independent living for the elderly through community supportToday, SevenPonds speaks with Andrew Gaines, Executive Director for Ashby Village, a community and volunteer organization for the elderly or aging in Berkeley, CA. After serving as Executive Director for Earthdance in the 1990’s, Andrew guided the development of several multi-family residential communities in North Carolina and has received certification as an administrator for Residential Care…
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“Silverlake Life: The View from Here” by Tom Joslin and Peter Friedman
Tom Joslin, with help from Peter Friedmen, documents the final moments of his life before succumbing to AIDS in the critically acclaimed documentary “Silverlake Life: The View from Here.”“Silverlake Life: The View from Here” (1993) is not a typical documentary about AIDS. There are no footnotes in this film. No historical context or textbook definitions are given. While the protagonists visit many doctors and healers throughout the film, their practices and treatments are never explained. Instead, “Silverlake Life” is a love story that…
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“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”
– Will Rogers (1879-1935)More from SevenPonds: Selective Reading “They say such nice things about people at their funerals. It makes me sad to realize that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days.” “Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.”
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New Egyptian Tombs in Valley of the Kings?
Archeologists say there are royal tombs yet to be found in EgyptThe Valley of the Kings, Egypt – Archeologists are saying that their newest exploration project will be “the most extensive exploration in the Valley of the Kings since Howard Carter’s time.” It was the discovery of King Tut’s tomb in 1922 that captured the world’s attention – and imagination – surrounding ancient Egyptian death rituals.…
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