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How to Choose the Right Home Health Care Provider for Your Loved One
Choosing the right home health care provider for your loved one is a crucial decision that impacts their well-being and quality of life. Whether your family member needs assistance with daily tasks, specialized medical care, or companionship, finding the right…
Breathing Easier: Tips to Manage COPD in Older Adults
Breathing Easier: Tips to Manage COPD in Older Adults Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung condition that makes breathing increasingly difficult. It is a common condition among older adults, particularly those with a history of smoking or…
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When Apathy Overtakes Grief
Grief can be such an overwhelming emotion that apathy, when it does take over, can be a welcome relief because it’s an absence of feeling. This can be a common occurrence in those who are making their way through the…
Is Grief More Difficult During the Spring/Summer Season?
Grief doesn’t take a vacation, it doesn’t care what the weather’s doing, and it has no idea of the time of year. Yet are there certain seasons where grief can hit harder than others? Memorial Day brought up a lot…
For Some, Grief and Memorial Day Go Hand in Hand
For many of us, Memorial Day is a time to have cookouts, parades, and fun at the beach to celebrate the unofficial kickoff to the summer season. But for countless others, Memorial Day is a time to grieve for their…
The Benefits of Music For Grief
Music can be extremely healing. It takes us back to a time when we felt something — happiness, sadness, gratefulness — whatever it is, when we hear it, we are transported back in time. Music allows us to access our…
A Broken Heart and the Will to Live
Losing someone you love can feel like the end of the world. You may feel as if your heart is actually breaking. Generally, “heartbreak” refers to an emotional state that people attribute to the physical symptoms of being broken-hearted. But…
How to Handle Regrets After a Loss
Regret: it’s one of the biggest and most common emotions a person can experience after losing someone. On top of the pain of the actual loss, the feelings of regret come rushing through, making even the strongest of us ask…
Pros and Cons of Feeding Tubes
With the approach of end-of-life in Santa Clara and elsewhere, it’s not uncommon for a hospice patient to lose his or her appetite due to the rapid shut down of organs and systems. Once the body starts to shut down,…