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    posted 12/15/2008, comments (4)

    Dementia Not Consistently Considered as Cause of Death

    Both of my parents' death certificates cited the cause of death as organic brain disease, which basically means dementia. They each had dementia, though each of them suffered from a significantly different type.    Dad's was dramatic. It was the result of surgery that was supposed to prevent the mental decline he would eventually... Read moreChevron
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    A Book To Spark Conversation and Thought about the Dying Process

    We will all die. If there is any one truth, that is it. Our culture has, in my opinion, done its best to ignore this fact and pretend we can avoid, through medical intervention and even through our obsession with youth, this basic fact of life. We will all die.   In the end, this inability of our culture to accept death as part of the life... Read moreChevron
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    How Your Voice and Words Can Affect a Loved One During the Death Process

    I've learned many valuable lessons as I've attended the deaths of loved ones. It's hard to place a value on any of them. However, one that I'll keep close to my heart is the value of the spoken word, even as a person in a coma nears death.   As my mother's body was shutting down, her limbs looked as though they were rotting, but her heart... Read moreChevron
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    posted 09/08/2008, comments (7)

    Memorials and Mementos Hold Deep Meaning for Caregivers

      BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!   The old soldiers from our local American Legion Honor Guard fired their rifles into the brittle blue sky over my father's grave. It was December in North Dakota, and the cemetery was knee deep in snow. These men were not much younger than the man they helped bury. Earlier, I had marveled at their dedication to a... Read moreChevron
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    How to Die Organized: Ten Tips

    The authors of a neat little organizer titled, "Putting Things in Order: A Journal to Organize Your Life for the Next Generation," sent me their top ten list of things to do so you can be organized with the paperwork you want your heirs to have. Before I tell you about their book, here's the list as written by authors Ellen Baumritter and David... Read moreChevron
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