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Hospice Foundation of America Lunch ‘n Learn
The Webinar will Focus on Coping With Professional Caregiver BurnoutThe Hospice Foundation of America will present a live, online webinar called Caregiver Burnout/Compassion Fatigue: How it Affects Professionals—and How to Beat It today from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST. This webinar will examine what defines caregiver burnout and compassion fatigue, how they are similar and how they differ, and explore innovative ways to appropriately identify, prevent…
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Immortalizing Life Lessons
Jef Raskin’s gift to his son offers fatherly guidance, even after Jef is goneAza Raskin recently wrote a beautiful piece for Fast Company on a gift his father (Jef Raskin, known for inventing the Macintosh) presented to him shortly before his death. The gift from Jef, who passed away in 2005 from pancreatic cancer, was a vintage safety razor; to the non-designer, this may sound odd, but its…
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What is a Celebrant? (Interview)
A new era of end-of-life ceremonies: how celebrants both embrace and break with traditionThe Celebrant Foundation & Institute, a nonprofit educational organization that trains Life Cycle Celebrants, is changing the way we think about ceremonies. In particular, end-of-life celebrations are transcending the traditional funeral idea, with people opting for the personalized, meaningful ceremonies that celebrants offer. We spoke with the Celebrant Foundation & Institute’s International Director, Charlotte Eulette,…
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The Return of Edgar Cayce, by C. Terry Cline, Jr. (2011)
A suspense novelist channels the words of a long dead psychicSuspense novelist C. Terry Cline, Jr. has been an Edgar Cayce fan for some time. Since the sixties, more accurately. For those unfamiliar with Cayce, as this reviewer was until reading this book, the famed psychic, mystic and seer was born in 1877 and died on January 3rd, 1945, during which time he performed at…
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Traditional Iranian Memorial
Information and Details Behind a Traditional Islamic Iranian Memorial ServiceA comparison is made between traditional vs. contemporary Iranian memorial services and the details of a traditional Iranian memorial service is discussed.
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Legendary Science Fiction Writer Ray Bradbury Dies at 91
Grief and celebrity tributes pour in from around the globe at the literary giant’s passingIn 1941, Ray Bradbury earned $15 for his first paid short story — a noiry little piece called “Pendulum,” co-authored with Henry Hasse, and published in the pulp magazine Super Science. By the age of 30 he had already begun to establish his reputation with the imaginative and literally otherworldly Martian Chronicles, a collection of…
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A Journalist Becomes His Parents’ Death Panel
TIME Magazine adds their voice to the conversation about end-of-life careIn the current TIME Magazine cover story, writer Joe Klein divulges the story of his parents’ final days. In the video below, Klein talks about how their death taught him about the flaws in our healthcare system. The journalist’s story is the most recent added to the growing conversation and the concerns about the great costs…
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How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face the End-of-Life
A study conducted by psychiatrist Charles Grob, a researcher at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, administered psilocybin — an active component of psychedelic mushrooms — to cancer patients near the end-of-life to see if it could reduce their fear of death. The research, completed in 2008 and published in the Archives of General Psychiatry in 2011, showed that…
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