Our society does not do death well. Past civilizations and cultures engaged highly developed systems designed around caring for the terminally ill and easing them through the process of dying, whereas modern cultures tend to hide from death and sequester the dying.
In Joellyn St. Pierre’s beautifully crafted The Art of Death Midwifery: An Introduction and Beginner’s Guide, the author, who left a lengthy and successful entertainment career to become an ordained minister and dedicate her life and her skills to the dying, removes the veil of mystery that has long shrouded the care of the dying.
Physicians, hospice workers, social workers, families, everyone who cares for and gives support to the dying, will learn that death midwifery, a way of communing with the dying, is a balm for those transitioning from this life into what awaits them.
Dying: Finding Comfort and Guidance in a Story of a Peaceful Passing can assist you with the challenges of the dying time. This inspiring story offers practical advice and emotional support, to transform what is often a frightening, isolating time into an important, meaningful experience.
Therapist Judy K. Underwood, Ph.D., helped her clients live to the fullest without giving much thought to death. Then one of her clients was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Only 56 years old, Kris knew she wanted to create a peaceful passing, and she asked her therapist for help.
Award-winning British grief expert, Gemini Adams, gently explains how moms, dads, and grandparents can realize the gift in goodbye, by taking six simple steps to share their wisdom and affection in a legacy of love, so that surviving loved ones will suffer less, if the worst should ever happen.
After losing her own Mom to cancer at a young age Gemini quickly learnt that a typical inheritance doesn t give surviving family, especially children, the ongoing loving support they really need. So, she started a survey asking: If one of your parents died, what would you prefer: to inherit their money, or a letter saying how much they loved you?
Over 90% expressed a wish for the loving letter.
Gemini bravely shares this candid and heartrending account of the painful insights gained from her own loss, to teach us that our real wealth lies not in our Financial Assets, but our Emotional Assets: the values, stories, lessons, voice, values, and affections that makes us who we are. Detailing practical ways to share these in a precious gift that will surely be treasured forever. Her positive message will soothe and inspire even those most fearful of the inevitable, to spring into action, and create a timeless memento for their loved ones.
Readers will also learn how to:
Guarantee the preservation of special memories.
Limit the grief and suffering for surviving family.
Provide ongoing emotional support and guidance.
Achieve peace of mind and deeper meaning to life.
Limit stressful end-of-life situations for everyone.
Moments with Baxter is a collection of touching, true stories about the poignant connection between Baxter, an 19-year-old therapy dog, and the hospice patients and their families to whom he brings comfort and love. During the last six years, Baxter has helped hundreds of patients ease out of their lives with dignity and peace. His uncanny intuition and almost human responsiveness demonstrates the unique and inextricable bond between human and dog.
A positive, practical and poignant book about a journey we will all face with our loved ones and ourselves: the ending of our lives. Melody Chatelle approaches this topic from the viewpoint of seriously ill young people who have little to hide or hold back. She hears and writes about their personal journeys, how they want to be treated, what they have to say about their own lives, and how people of all ages can deal with their own pending mortality.
Through interviews with 13 young people with serious illnesses, Melody Chatelle has drawn wise guidance from the mouths of children. Her book is a must read for caregivers, clergy, hospice professionals, medical personnel, social workers, counselors and the population at large given that all of us face times of medical uncertainty involving people of all ages in the work we do and the lives we lead.
A Beside Manual for Being with Dying A one-of-a kind guidebook, provides practical and insightful information about rarely addressed topics such as What best supports a peaceful death? When is it time to call in hospice? If my loved one is not eating will he starve to death? Are people hallucinating at the end of life?
