When my friend, Dorothy Mullen, was diagnosed with Stage Four lung cancer, she spent the last few months of her life helping people become more comfortable (or at least accustomed) to speaking about and planning for death. This is a guest post from Dorothy addressing the top 13 worries that people have about being around a dying person—from “What should I say or do” to “What if I say the wrong thing?”
One of the most frequent questions is whether there are any ways to protect our wishes about end of life care in the face of neurodegenerative diseases.
As part of their newly consolidated “Tools to Finish Strong,” the national organization Compassion & Choices has launched a suite of new interactive dementia resources to help you stay in control of your life and care even if a time comes when you are no longer able to make decisions for yourself.
Learn more about the Dementia Values and Priorities Tool and the Dementia Decoder…
Dorothy Mullen, whose “radically real schpiels” on death and dying were an inspiration to her community, co-hosted a public even with Hereafter Partners founder Leslie Rowley. The video of the event and the accompanying informational packet should be part of anyone’s “starter kit” when it comes to end of life planning.