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Most of us were shocked to learn that 73-year-old Ivana Trump died after a tumble down the elegant and winding stairway in her home. The cause of death was ruled an accident. It turns out, falling down stairs is a common, dangerous, and potentially fatal accident....
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It happens all the time. Your parents live in another zip code. You are busy. And you worry about them falling, not eating, getting their medications mixed up, forgetting to take their meds, or aren’t getting the medical help they need. Here is a solution that gives...
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With mom on hospice services and the clock running out, I hold vigil at her bedside and watched her breathe. In and out. There is comfort in that. The breath you felt on your arm, your cheek, the top of your head, that security blanket of coziness is the only thing I...
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“The secret to change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” – Socrates Hospice nurses have profound insights about life that most of us are not privy to, until our last days. These nurses who minister to the dying witness...
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“We don’t stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing” – George Bernard Shaw What if I told you the way you look at things will change your reality? Huh? I know, right?! Kind of a mind-twister. Here are a few examples that will get you on the...
