In addition to high rates of disability and psychological issues, some vets facing the end of life are confronting long-suppressed memories of the traumas of war. When Brenda Hellrung’s husband, Timothy, a Vietnam veteran, needed a hospice program in June,…
In mid-August, two films related to end-of-life issues, directed and produced by Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neill (of HBO’s “Axios”), were released by HBO Documentaries. The Crestone End of Life Project and the late Aliyah Alexander are the subject of…
Documenting the final moments between critically ill children and their families helped me come to terms with my cancer diagnosis. Read More Here
How did the Crestone End of Life Project come to be? What was involved in getting it off the ground, and how does it work? A public informational event in Crestone in late April provided clear, articulate and interesting answers…
After my near-death experience, I lost my fear of death. I didn’t expect to feel so blindsided when my son got leukemia. Read More
January 12th: Overview of LeaveLight workshop will be offered October 12, 2019 End-of-Life Preparation Workshop Starts in January If you’ve been putting off your end-of-life preparation tasks, join us for an 8-week workshop called “LeaveLight: Rest in Peace Before You…
At the End of Life, Thinking Outside the Coffin: They offer lower costs, fewer chemicals and a quicker route to being reborn — in one sense, anyway. Read More
Your father was gasping for breath. The hospice care providers had not yet trained you in how to respond. So you called 911. Read more
A Dress Rehearsal for Our Deaths: Yom Kippur asks us to look our mortality in the face. Can we sustain the stare? Read more here >
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