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Inclusive Care for LGBTQ+ Individuals
Season 4 Episode 12
Our focus this week is on end-of-life issues for people in the LGBTQIA+ community. While there is an abundance of information about advance care planning and end of life care in nuclear families and …
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
When Your Father Dies
Season 4 Episode 11
How does the death of a father affect us? Learn about some of the gender differences in the grief response and why it can be so hard. Marianne shares strategies to help you deal with the death of yo…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
How to Turn Aging into a Superpower
Season 4 Episode 10
How much would your life change if you embraced the concept that we will all die...but then got busy living with the gift of that perspective?
This week’s show addresses these ideas and embraces the…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Discover History's Overlooked Obituaries
Season 4 Episode 9
This week’s show is about everything New York City…after a fashion. We have a report about the obituary department in the New York times and their focus on illuminating why the lives they feature ar…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Fatigue: When Your "Get Up and Go" has Got Up and Went
Season 4 Episode 8
The entertainment world had two significant losses this spring with the deaths of Darcelle XV and Dame Edna Everage. Their lives were fascinating (including a child abducted by a koala!?) and well-li…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Tips for Cleaning in the Fall of Our Lives
Season 4 Episode 7
Many people like to spring clean, but what about some of the continual tidying and throwing "Stuff" away that we need to do, especially as we near the autumn of our lives? If you have too many hobbie…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
The Way Forward After the Death of a Spouse
Season 4 Episode 6
When we are the caregiver for a spouse living with dementia, we often wonder about what our lives have been, where our lives are going, and how long we can do what we are doing. This week we talk wit…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
How to Write a Condolence Note
Season 4 Episode 5
There was a time when all the answers regarding the ‘right’ way to do things could be found in one book, and the authoritative author was Emily Post. This week we went to that authority to find out …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
The New Horizon after Spousal Caregiving Duties are Over
Season 4 Episode 4
Caregiving for a terminal loved one can be like a marathon, and it can seem hard to imagine life without them and the responsibilities of taking care of them. What do you do next? We answer that ques…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
A Deadly Fungus Among the Rest of Us
Season 4 Episode 3
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking the rise of a deadly, treatment-resistant fungus that’s causing outbreaks in a growing number of health care facilities across th…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago