Category: Old Age Care Family End of Life Death Grief

With the world population on the decline, we are faced with the problem of caring for many more old people in the years to come. Most people prefer to...

There are many forms of dementia, and they all present very differently in the individual. Dementia is different from senility in that it can present as: loss of social...

Not all Palliative care is Hospice, but all Hospice is Palliative care. Educate yourself about end of life and avoid unnecessary trauma at an already difficult time. There needs...

  It’s very helpful in the days and weeks after a loved one has died to embrace the process of grieving very consciously and deliberately. Some people find rituals...

  Grief is the response to loss – anything or anybody in fact, where you have formed a strong emotional, spiritual bond. The process of mourning a loss –...

WIDOWS DAY Having been prompted by an elderly woman I met by chance on my daily walk, I want to acknowledge Widows Day. She looked like she could do...

QUESTIONS AROUND OLD AGE: How many of you fear old age and death? Why? Have you been present when someone has died? What does old age mean to you?...