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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 laureate, says, "A poet is a witness who imagines, and through these acts gives us permission to do t...
Lifeâor perhaps I should say deathâwas so much easier in the old days. As end-of-life researcher Joanne Lynn puts it, life-threatening illness would âstrike without warning and you get through it or you donât.â Effective treatments were few. Doctors would often prescribe âremediesâ such as bloodletting, purges, enemas and blistering, and âmedicinesâ such as mercury, lead and arsenic that did more harm than good. Many were positively horrific. George Washington died after he was treated with blister beetle extract applied to his throat and he was dr...
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 Institute's (NJHCQI) Conversation of Your Life (COYL) program are hosting a free virtual town hall meeting on April 16 th led by experts in advance care planning. The purpose of this event is to provide information and tools...
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.