Category Archives: End of Life Care

A MUST event for nurses, therapists and spiritual end of life caregivers

Posted on August 9, 2012 by webmaven

RETREAT ON CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE AND RITUALS IN SERVICE TO THE DYING Frank Ostaseski and Roshi Joan Halifax are pioneers in the End-of-Life care field. This unique program is an intensive plunge into core contemplative practices, and is especially suited to … Continue reading →

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Exit Laughing

Posted on May 30, 2012 by webmaven

Recommended Read: Exit Laughing: How Humor Takes the Sting Out of Death – Google Books. Highly recommended by all of us here at Caregiver Revolution!  

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Coping with a Loved One’s Terminal Illness

Posted on May 8, 2012 by webmaven

A very thorough and well written article from Harvard Health publications. Coping with a Loved One’s Terminal Illness.

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Caregiver’s Tao Te Ching

Posted on March 28, 2012 by webmaven

Just discovered a wonderful little book: The Caregiver’s Tao Te Ching: Compassionate Caring for Your Loved Ones and Yourself. It has a nice format and is well worth a look. As the authors say: Like the original Chinese text, this … Continue reading →

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An awesome end of life care resources website!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by webmaven

DYING, SURVIVING, AND AGING WITH GRACE I did a google search for the phrase: prayers for the dying.  The Great Adventure, I site that I started years ago, is doing very well there, but I found the above site and … Continue reading →

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Caregiver Revolution at the Tuscon Festival of Books!

Posted on March 12, 2012 by webmaven

Here’s our friend and Gateways Books and Tapes publisher Iven Lourie at the Tuscon festival last weekend. Photo by Kathleen Dreier – Esens Photography. Thanks guys!

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