Category Archives: Hospice care

An Amazing New and totally DIFFERENT Computer Video Game for Cancer Patients

  This is the most beautiful computer game space you ‘ll ever experience…and yet just around the corners are some very potent chambers for fighting cancer. The game, Cancer Killer, technically called a Specialty Orb, is only 99 cents and … Continue reading

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The Top 5 Things to Do When a Loved One Is Dying

This is certainly reasonable advice and within the reach of just about anyone. A short well written list, numbers 1 and 5 are my favorites. One could say: Stay with your loved one and the space in a  positive non … Continue reading

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A Good Death

  Thank you to Sacred Dying for recommending another well written article about “…the growing movement to re-envision the end of life—to give seriously ill patients the right to limit or decline aggressive (and often futile) treatments. Those who wanted … Continue reading

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Hospice medical care for dying patients : The New Yorker

Hospice medical care for dying patients : The New Yorker. A terrific article…well worth the time to read.

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For a Hospice Pioneer, Still a Tough Call – NYTimes.com

For a Hospice Pioneer, Still a Tough Call – NYTimes.com. I knew Paul Brenner, what  a wonderful gentle man. I took a walk through Jacob Perlow Hospice with him back in the ’90s and had a good interview for our … Continue reading

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You can DO Something to Help your Loved One

  Doing spiritual readings from the American Book of the Dead or a text of your choice or running the Clear Light Orb gives you the chance to really help another being.  I talked earlier about the benefits of running orbs in … Continue reading

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