Maine Public | By Kaitlyn Budion Published March 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM EDT https://www.mainepublic.org/health/2024-03-21/coalition-calls-on-state-to-pass-additional-funding-for-long-term-care-facilities A coalition of medical providers and advocates are calling on state legislators to approve additional funding for long-term care facilities. Members of the Who Will Care? Coalition… Read More ›
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Mushroom Burial Suits – Looking for Contact Info
I’m writing this as a way of journaling some of the pain I’m feeling right now for a dear friend – one of the kindest, gentlest people I’ve ever met – who does not deserve to be faced with one… Read More ›
You Don’t Get a Do-Over When It’s Over
My father and I did not have a good relationship. After my mom died when I was ten, we never talked about her, or about death, or my fears and bewilderment as a child. My mom’s mother told me he… Read More ›
Long Term Care Insurance – Helpful Benefit or Expensive Scam?
It depends on who you talk to! One of my clients had been paying into long term care insurance for decades. He believed he had about $750,000 in benefits, and when his wife was dying at home, he wanted to… Read More ›
6.7 Million Americans Have Alzheimer’s Dementia, By 2050 Nearly 13 Million Will Be Affected
An estimated 6.7 million individuals in the U.S. are living with Alzheimer’s disease as of 2023, representing about 10.8% of the population age 65 and older. By 2050 if current prevalence and aging trends continue, the number with Alzheimer’s disease… Read More ›
End of Life Doula Certification!
This was a great class, and although I have extensive experience in the fields of aging, mental health/mental illness, and various disabilities, I still learned a lot. Although there is no state or national requirement that End of Life Doulas… Read More ›
Germany, Austria, and Poland Death Rituals
Join Catherine Durkin Robinson in her “Traveling Death Doula Series” where she explores death rituals in Germany, Austria, and Poland. Source: Germany, Austria, and Poland Death Rituals
New Directions (This Is Where We’ve Been for the Past Couple of Years)
For the first several years of Heritage Health Services’ existence, we provided back office operations to about a dozen mental health therapists. That meant we helped therapists set up their business organization, wrote policies & procedures, created forms, stayed on… Read More ›