What happens after we die?
Let’s be honest. Death sucks. Anyway, that is what most of us think. Certainly, no one wants to lose someone they love. And no one...
Sing, dance . . . remember
Larry White doesn't always remember his name, where he lives, the name of his hometown or his grandchildren's faces. He frequently...
Hey Violet! We've gotcha covered.
We have a neighbor I’ll call Violet. She is 94. When I saw her this morning she was sporting a florescent swirl of indigo, plum and...
Culture trumps everything
In matters of choosing team members and keeping good people engaged, the most valuable lesson I have gleaned from 25 years of management...
It always seems too early, until it's too late
In a letter penned by Benjamin Franklin in 1779 to French physicist Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, the Founding Father wrote “Nothing is certain...
If this dog could talk, here's what he'd say
Anyone who has ever loved a dog knows that they can be much more than a furry merrymaker. A dog can be a true source of comfort. People...
Kids walk through grief with Stepping Stones
On a cold and gloomy winter day, David Deerfeeder, bereavement services manager at Yolo Hospice (YH), received a startling and tragic...
Ted talks . . . about listening
In describing what it means to be in the moment with a hospice patient, Ted Skiera, RN, recalls a story of a former patient named Mary. ...
Dignity and care for the poorest among us
Something unexpected, and quite unthinkable, happened to Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater, in 2014. The founder of the Health...
Palliative Care: Old fashioned medicine
“Palliative care is really old fashioned medicine. It’s the way Marcus Welby, M.D. practiced medicine on television in the 60s and 70s,”...
