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Dying at home : a family guide for caregiving / by Sankar, Andrea,author.; Cassady, CM,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A comprehensive guide for those caring for a loved one nearing the end of life. Many people seek the comfort and dignity of dying at home. Advances in pharmacology and hospice care allow the dying to remain at home relatively free of pain and symptoms, but navigating professional services, insurance coverage, and family dynamics often compounds the complexity of this process. Extensively updated and revised, this third edition of Andrea Sankar's Dying at Home: A Family Guide for Caregiving provides essential information that caregivers and dying persons need to navigate this journey.
Subjects: Terminally ill;
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At peace : choosing a good death after a long life / by Harrington, Samuel(Physician);
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index."The authoritative, informative, and practical follow up to BEING MORTAL, on end-of-life care for patients over the age of 65. Most people say they would like to die quietly at home. But overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility, results in the majority of elderly patients misguidedly dying in institutions while undergoing painful procedures, instead of having the better and more peaceful death they desired. At Peace outlines specific active and passive steps that older patients and their health care proxies can take to insure loved ones pass their last days comfortably at home and/or in hospice, when further aggressive care is inappropriate. Through Dr. Harrington's own experience with his parents and patients, he describes the terminal patterns of the six most common chronic diseases; how to recognize a terminal diagnosis even when the doctor is not clear about it; how to have the hard conversation about end-of-life wishes; how to minimize painful treatments; when to seek hospice care; and how to deal with dementia and other special issues. Informed by more than thirty years of clinical practice, Dr. Harrington came to understand that the American health care system wasn't designed to treat the aging population with care and compassion. His work as a hospice trustee and later as a hospital trustee informed his passion for helping patients make appropriate end-of-life decisions"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Terminal care.; Terminally ill.; Geriatrics.;
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Caring for the dying : the doula approach to a meaningful death / by Fersko-Weiss, Henry.;
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Subjects: Terminal care.; Terminally ill; Caregivers.;
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Radical acts of love : how we find hope at the end of life / by Brown, Janie(Nurse),author.;
"A deeply moving and ultimately uplifting exploration of our last great challenge. In this profound and moving book, oncology nurse Janie Brown recounts twenty conversations she has had with the dying, including people close to her. Each conversation uncovers a different perspective on, and experience of death, while at the same time exploring its universalities. Offering extremely sensitive and wise insight into our final moments, Brown shows practical ways to facilitate the shift from feeling helpless about death to feeling hopeful; from fear to acceptance; from feeling disconnected and alone, to becoming part of the wider, collective story of our mortality. As Janie Brown writes, 'Most people now under sixty have never seen a person die, and so have become deeply fearful about death, their own and the deaths of their beloved others. They have had no role models to show them how to care for a dying person, and therefore no confidence in being able to do so. My hope is that the baby boomer cohort who pushed for the return of the midwives to de-medicalize birth will also be instrumental in reclaiming the death process. This book is my contribution to the re-empowerment of all of us to take charge of our lives and our deaths, remembering that we know how to die, just as we knew how to come into this world. We also know how to heal, and to settle our lives as best we can, before we die. In my view, this is the greatest gift we could give our loved ones: to be prepared and open and accepting when the time comes for us to leave this world.'"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Death; Terminally ill; Terminally ill;
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Where the river ends / by Martin, Charles,1969-;
Subjects: Married people; Terminally ill;
© c2008., Broadway Books,
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The professor [videorecording] / by Roberts, Wayne,film director,screenwriter.; Shapiro, Greg,film producer.; Aftergood, Braden,film producer.; Kavanaugh-Jones, Brian,film producer.; Depp, Johnny,actor.; DeWitt, Rosemarie,actor.; Huston, Danny,1962-actor.; Deutch, Zoey,1994-actor.; Livingston, Ron,actor.; Young, Odessa,1990-actor.; Orr, Tim,director of photography.; Dessner, Bryce,composer (expression); Dessner, Aaron,composer (expression); Emiliani, Sabine,editor of moving image work.; Saban Films,presenter.; Global Road Entertainment (Firm),presenter.; Relic Pictures,presenter.; Automatik (Firm),production company.; Infinitum Nihil (Firm),production company.; Mongrel Media,publisher,film distributor.;
Director of photography, Tim Orr ; editor, Sabine Emiliani ; music by Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner.Johnny Depp, Rosemarie DeWitt, Danny Huston, Zoey Deutch, Ron Livingston, Odessa Young.Richard (Johnny Depp), a buttoned-down college lecturer who, after learning he has six months to live, transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife (Rosemarie DeWitt) and school chancellor (Ron Livingston)--and the delight of his students--Richard leads a hilarious crusade against authority and hypocrisy in this dark comedy co-starring Zoey Deutch.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; College teachers; Terminally ill;
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The days I loved you most : a novel / by Neff, Amy,author.;
"In the summer of 1941, on the New England shores where they were raised, Evelyn and Joseph fell in love. Now, more than sixty years later, with a lifetime between them, they have gathered their three grown children to share the staggering news: she has received a heartbreaking diagnosis, and he can't live without her. So in one year's time they will end their love story on their own terms. Over the next year, the couple retraces their past -- all the joys and regrets that brought them to this moment. They embark on a journey to live out their greatest dreams and to connect with each of their children. But as their final days draw closer, they must confront the stark reality of what's to come, and make peace with the legacy they will leave behind for their family. Spanning the twentieth century from World War II to 9/11 and beyond, The Days I Loved You Most is a timeless tale of unwavering devotion -- a moving tribute to the enduring power of love and a reminder that even in the darkest moments, there is always hope and beauty to be found"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Love; Marriage; Terminally ill;
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If cats disappeared from the world / by Kawamura, Genki,1979-author.; Selland, Eric,translator.; translation of:Kawamura, Genki,1979-Sekai kara neko ga kieta nara.English.;
"The young postman's days are numbered. Estranged from his family and living alone, with only his cat, Cabbage, to keep him company, he was unprepared for the doctor's diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can tackle his bucket list, the devil shows up to make him an offer: In exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, our narrator will get one extra day of life. And so begins a very strange week that brings the young postman and his beloved cat to the brink of existence. With each object that disappears, the postman reflects on the life he's lived, his joys and regrets, and the people he's loved and lost."--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Philosophical fiction.; Terminally ill; Loss (Psychology); Cats;
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Firefly Cove / by Bunn, T. Davis,1952-author.;
Since the age of seven, Lucius Quarterfield has known he is dying. But now, at twenty-eight, his time is finally running out. So he's returning to the one place he ever felt happy, near the only woman he ever truly wanted. He's going to make each moment count because he knows that everything is about to change ... he just can't know exactly how.
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Businessmen; Terminally ill;
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We all want impossible things : a novel / by Newman, Catherine,1968-author.;
As Edith, her best friend of forty-two years who is dying of ovarian cancer, spends her last days at a hospice near her, Ashley, stumbling around into heartbreak, helps Edith celebrate her life as they reminisce, hold on, and try to let go.
Subjects: Black humor.; Novels.; Female friendship; Hospice care; Terminally ill;
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