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Yasmine Mathurin found her voice while telling a story about identity, Indigeneity and anti-Black racism in the documentary film One Of Ours

Kate Scuffle welcomes Karen Fox of Bella Deluxe Entertainment and The Conversation Project to talk about dance and theater, as well as the project's upcoming show at the Ice House in Bethlehem on November 13th.

With the holiday season upon us, it’s likely that many of us will spend an extended amount of time with family. This can sometimes lead to families coming to terms with the uncomfortable reality of a loved one in decline who is not receiving the help they need.

In this narrative medicine essay, a critical care palliative care physician shares how 2 family members could not communicate their end of life wishes but had e

Families should consider using the holidays to talk with loved ones about important issues such as advanced directives and overall health and welfare.

Sitting around the family Thanksgiving table or chatting on a holiday Zoom call can be great times to catch up with loved ones. This time also can provide a less stressful opportunity to start conversations…

The Oregon Poet Laureate Program is now accepting nominations for the state's next poet laureate. Over the course of a two-year term, the poet laureate fosters the art of poetry, encourages literacy and learning, addresses central issues relating to the humanities and heritage, and reflects on public life in Oregon. Nominations for the position will be accepted through January 10, 2022. The next poet laureate will begin their term in May 2022. Anis Mojgani, Oregon's current poet laurea...

Life—or perhaps I should say death—was so much easier in the old days. As end-of-life researcher Joanne Lynn puts it, life-threatening illness would “strike without warning and you get through it or you don’t.” Effective treatments were few. Doctors would often prescribe “remedies” such as bloodletting, purges, enemas and blistering, and “medicines” such as mercury, lead and arsenic that did more harm than good. Many were positively horrific. George ...

GOCCNJ, NJAAW, and NJHCQI to Host Free Advance Care Planning Virtual Town Hall in Conjunction with National Healthcare Decisions Day, April 16 News provided by Share this article Share this article PRINCETON, N.J., April 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey (GOCCNJ), New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well (NJAAW), and New Jersey Health Care Quality Institutes (NJHCQI) Conversation of Your Life (COYL) program are hosting a free virtual town hall meeting on April 16 th led ...

My mother-in-law died in the Florida assisted living facility that had been her home for several years. She died not of COVID-19, but of multiple chronic illnesses. With the help and compassion of hospice workers, her passing was as peaceful as it could have been – for all of us.