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Will the United States Ever See a Death Hotel?
Death hotels are embraced in India, but the U.S. may not be ready yetThere are over 90,000 hotels and motels in the United States, but none, as far as we know, cater to the dying. Things are a little different in India, home to at least one death hotel. The death hotel in India that has received the most attention is the Kashi Labh Mukti Bhawan in Varanasi,…
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End-of-Life PTSD is More Common Than You Think (Interview)
Hospice social worker Scott Janssen offers advice on how to ease a loved one’s painScott Janssen, MA, MSW, LCSW, is a social worker with the University of North Carolina Hospice and a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Trauma-Informed Care Work Group. Janssen’s articles have been published in dozens of media outlets including The Journal of Palliative Medicine, Washington Post, HuffPost, and Readers Digest. Janssen has…
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Ageism in the Post-Pandemic Workplace
Grim Findings from a 2022 AARP SurveyAgeism is a prejudice that’s particularly damaging because not only does it “pit us against our future selves,” but it has economic and social consequences, especially in the post-COVID workplace.
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Psychiatric Advance Directives Empower Those with Mental Illnesses
Advance directives provide people with mental health issues the ability to communicate with providers when they are doing wellYou may have heard of “advanced directives” before, legal documents that allow someone to articulate what medical interventions they do or do not want performed on them, such as CPR or being put on a ventilator. It can be an incredibly useful way for people to have their voices heard and honored in the medical…
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Drink Up! Research Links Healthy Aging to Hydration
Better hydration is one way to support longevity and prevent chronic diseaseWhile most people are aware of the standard recommendation to drink eight glasses of water per day, new research from the National Institute of Health suggests that adequate hydration can help to prevent chronic illness and extend one’s lifespan.
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“Greensickness”
A poem about how healing lasts foreverMy wild grief didn’t know where to end.Everywhere I looked: a field alive and unburied. Whole swaths of green swallowed the light. All around me, the field was growing. I grew out My hair in every direction. Let the sun freckle my face. Even in the greenest depths, I crouched Towards the light. That summer,…
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“I’ll Be the Water: A Story of a Grandparent’s Love”
A picture book illustrating the transcendent bond between child and grandparentI’ll Be the Water tells the story of a grandfather’s aging and dying through the eyes of a young boy named Joshua. The two of them engage in numerous adventures together — eating peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches, toasting with ice cream cones and going on fishing excursions. Joshua’s awareness of his grandfather’s aging occurs one day…
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“If We Were Vampires”
The song by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit aims to capture the fleeting nature of lifeHuman life is complicated, just ask Jason Isbell. How can it sometimes feel utterly tragic while simultaneously feeling so achingly beautiful? Isbell, one of the finest songwriters of the modern era, has attempted to express this paradox. And the results might just take your breath away. “If We Were Vampires” is an ode to the…
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Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease Before It Strikes
New blood test holds promiseDiagnosing Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the most difficult challenges for the medical community. At this time, a diagnosis is not definitively confirmed until an autopsy of the brain can be performed. A few blood tests have slowly been making their way onto the market. But most are not yet available or reliable.
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