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Originally posted @allaboutestates.ca Readers of this blog may remember that I have been working with a wonderful woman who is now 101 years of age. She is a ‘solo senior or elder orphan’ or simply put, a single woman who never married,…
Read article Having An Advocate: Critical So Your Wishes Can Be Respected↗Originally posted @allaboutestates.ca The sun is finally shining, we are having double digit temperatures and it is the start of the week. While today’s blog topic on end of life treatment may sound like a downer, thinking, talking and…
Read article Thinking About Comfort Care↗Originally posted @allaboutestates.ca On Wednesday, September 27th, Ken Chung, a 39 year old academic Philosopher died of Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer. Diagnosed in March 2016, Ken blogged about his experience up until his very last days,…
Read article The Randomness of Life↗Originally posted @allaboutestates.ca A long time client of ours passed away last week. She was able to remain at her own home and die in her own bed. So many of us wish, when the time comes, that we could do the same. We know this is not…
Read article A Good Life & A Good Death↗Originally published @allaboutestates.ca Last week was Canada’s National Hospice Palliative Care Week. So what is palliative care? Since its inception in Canada in the 1970’s, things have changed quite a bit. Only a few years ago, the…
Read article Going Gently Into The Good Night↗