Holiday get-togethers offer an opportunity to observe whether a family member may be in need of help in their home. Here are the warning signs.

One of the most common desires of people with serious advanced illness is to be allowed to stay at home and avoid aggressive treatments. Check out POLST.

Language forms the basis of how we communicate with each other. Words express how we feel about others, ourselves and what we’re experiencing at the moment. But what happens when words fail us? When we no longer remember the right words for everyday things, when people’s names are gone from our memory, when we can’t tell someone that we are in pain?

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