Are You Prepared to Die? Get Ideas for Your Advance Care Planning

03/28/24 • 45 min

When we plan for our inevitable death, we can make our end of life easier for our loved ones.

Life is hard, loss is hard, grief is hard. A final gift we can offer those who love us is to have our paperwork in order so they do not have to expend their energy on these details. Learn what kinds of things you can put in your advance care planning so healthcare decisions and your last wishes are honored.

In this Episode:

00:00 – Our Sponsor: Tree of Life Memorials and Digital & Stone
00:20 – Intro
05:23 – Overlooked No More: "Rockin' Granny" Cordell Jackson
12:14 – Recipe of the Week – Lemon Cloud Cookies
13:20 – Are You Prepared to Die
32:30 – Advance Care Planning – An Example from a Friend

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When we plan for our inevitable death, we can make our end of life easier for our loved ones.

In this Episode:

00:00 – Our Sponsor: Tree of Life Memorials and Digital & Stone
00:20 – Intro
05:23 – Overlooked No More: "Rockin' Granny" Cordell Jackson
12:14 – Recipe of the Week – Lemon Cloud Cookies
13:20 – Are You Prepared to Die
32:30 – Advance Care Planning – An Example from a Friend

Support the show

Get show notes and resources at our website: every1dies.org.
Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | [email protected]

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Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICD) and Things You Need to Know at End of Life

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) are a technology that many people have, especially if they survived cardiac arrest or have a heart condition that causes dangerous heart rhythms.

ICDs are a great technology, but at some point a decision may need to be made about continued use or turning it off. This show will help you understand the issues involved and five considerations for making this decision.
In this Episode:

00:00 – Our Sponsor: Tree of Life Memorials and Digital & Stone
00:20 – Intro
02:03 – Richard Lewis in “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
05:31 – “Much Ado About Dying” Documentary Review
08:48 – Recipe of the Week: Charleston Chewies
11:35 – Overlooked No More: Beatrix Potter
16:50 – ICDs and End of Life
35:53 – “This Confusion” – a poem
37:49 – Outro

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How to Cope When a Complicated Parent Dies

Parental death in midlife may result in lingering feelings of loneliness, feeling alone on the earth for the first time in their lives. Their death can bring back memories of former losses, unresolved conflicts, and doubts about life’s purpose. Knowing that we are not alone as we struggle with this change in our life can help adjust to a world without our parents.

In this Episode:

00:00 – Our Sponsor: Tree of Life Memorials and Digital & Stone
00:20 – Intro
06:10 – Recipe of the Week, Ding Dong Cake
08:11 – Palm Beach’s Pet Cemetery
10:22 – Interview: Coping with the Death of a Complicated Parent
43:54 – Outro

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