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Ever wondered about what happens at funerals? Have any questions now that you find you have to arrange one? Ever think you might like to know more if you are arranging your own? Industry experts Simon Savage an independent funeral director from Devon in the UK and Tina Naldrett an independent Celebrant offer advice and myth busting in this informal chat about all things funeral and celebration of life.
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In depth conversations on aging issues across the spectrum. Hear about new innovations and approaches and even hear more on topics yet to be uncovered. Aging with Altitude is recorded in the Pikes Peak region with a focus on topics of aging interest across the country. We talk about both the everyday and novel needs and approaches to age with altitude whether you’re in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida or Leadville, Colorado. The Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging is the producer. Learn more at Pikes Pea ...
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In this podcast Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C, the mental health professionals behind the website and book 'What's Your Grief', leave no stone unturned in demystifying the complicated and messy world of living life after loss. One digestible topic at a time, Haley and Williams distill topics ranging from grief theory to coping. Grievers and grief professionals alike will find their approach practical, relatable, informative and engaging. Grief is sad and confusing, but you ...
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The Heart of Hospice podcast is dedicated to helping personal and professional caregivers who are caring for someone with serious illness. We're here to provide information and education so people can make informed choices about end of life care.
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A geriatrics and palliative care podcast for every health care professional. We invite the brightest minds in geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care to talk about the topics that you care most about, ranging from recently published research in the field to controversies that keep us up at night. You'll laugh, learn and maybe sing along. Hosted by Eric Widera and Alex Smith. CME available!
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In this podcast Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C, the mental health professionals behind the website and book 'What's Your Grief', leave no stone unturned in demystifying the complicated and messy world of living life after loss. One digestible topic at a time, Haley and Williams distill topics ranging from grief theory to coping. Grievers and grief professionals alike will find their approach practical, relatable, informative and engaging. Grief is sad and confusing, but you ...
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This show will help you respond to many of life's challenges with purpose-filled, positive choices. Geared toward the adult in mid-life, each episode offers stories of hope and words of encouragement to inspire and motivate you to reach your fullest potential.
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HPM TALK is the podcast of NHPCO's MyNHPCO Physician and Advanced Practice Provider Community. This podcast connects you with leaders in the field to discuss issues pertinent to our practice and to bring you the voices of other physicians and advanced practice providers who will share their experiences in the field. A rotating team of hosts will address topics of interest to the hospice medical director, hospice physician, advanced practice provider in hospice and palliative care and the pal ...
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Dance Past Sunset helps people in the second half of life discover innovative ways to enjoy peak life experiences. Each show features a guest qualified to discuss some aspect of how to thrive as an older adult, including practical tips on freewheeling travel, living on less, caregiving elder parents, and how to plan in advance for end-of-life with dignity and joy. Join Brant (b. 1956) as he interviews an eclectic crowd of folks, from artists to authors, from entrepreneurs to engineers, from ...
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In this podcast, we talk about life, death and everything in between. We'll explore how to age more gracefully, have meaningful conversations, and what you can do now to ensure the best possible end-of-life experience for yourself and your loved ones. Let's get friendlier with death.
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Roth IRA Conversion Up To A 24% Tax Bracket
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week they discuss Roth IRA conversion up to a 24% tax bracket. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com…
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Caregiver Creates Legacy of Love After Loss
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Susan Combs will tell you she had a great dad. Her caregiving experience at the end of his life inspired her to give back to the veteran community. Susan’s dad Major General Roger E. Combs was a huge influence on her life. Roger battled with throat cancer related to Agent Orange for ten years, eventually dealing with a feeding tube toward the end o…
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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment
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Denial. Substance use. Venting. Positive reframing. Humor. Acceptance. All of these are ways we cope with stressful situations. Some we may consider healthy or unhealthy coping strategies, but are they really that easy to categorize? Isn’t it more important to ask whether a particular coping behavior is adaptive or not for a particular person,in a …
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Can dogs and other animals be at funerals?
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Send us a text Can you have dogs and other pets at funerals? Sy and Tina chat through your options in this animal focused episode. The cast of animals includes, Parrots, Llamas, Donkeys, Mice, Cats, Dogs and Deer. Enjoy this informative episode about animals and funerals The Good Goobyes , funeral facts podcast. Ever wondered about what happens at …
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Caring for a loved one can be one of the most rewarding, and most challenging, roles you can take on. As it has evolved over time it is important to recognize that supporting yourself as a caregiver is just as important as the support you provide to those who depend on you. In honor of November being National Family Caregivers Month, we’re excited …
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Learning How to Say the Last Goodbye with Barbara Karnes
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After a 40 year hospice career, Barbara Karnes knows a thing or two about end of life care. Today’s special episode is part 3 of our 4 part series in honor of National Family Caregivers Month and National Hospice and Palliative Care Month. Barbara calls her introduction to working with the dying “divine intervention” that occurred because of a rand…
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What's your earliest memory of grief in you family of origin? In this episode we talk about the way that grief passes down through generations, through the culture grief that is created in our families. We consider the ways that the grief of our parents and caregivers has an impact on us, just as the grief of their parents and caregivers had an imp…
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What's your earliest memory of grief in you family of origin? In this episode we talk about the way that grief passes down through generations, through the culture grief that is created in our families. We consider the ways that the grief of our parents and caregivers has an impact on us, just as the grief of their parents and caregivers had an imp…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week they discuss your retirement income plan. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or calling 919-…
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This Innovative Product Is Helping Us Do Death Care Better
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Cuddle Cots and Cuddle Blankets allow families to spend more time with a loved one after a death, providing an opportunity for end of life workers to do death care better. Danielle Franck of Flexmort shares her personal experience with a Cuddle Cot in this interview. *Warning - This episode contains a description of the loss of a stillborn infant. …
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Falls and Fractures: A Podcast with Sarah Berry
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Falls are very common among older adults but often go unreported or untreated by healthcare providers. There may be lots of reasons behind this. Patients may feel like falls are just part of normal aging. Providers may feel a sense of nihilism, that there just isn't anything they can do to decrease the risk of falling. On this week's podcast, we tr…
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Webcasts and Recording at funerals, what do you need to know?
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Send us a text An episode about Webcasting and recording or broadcasting funerals and celebrations of life services . Sy gives a warning about a scam which asks people to pay to view funerals Tina discusses how webcasting and recordings can help Also what to do when the service isn't in a crematorium or other place where webcasting is an option, wh…
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The Rich History of Hospice: How We Got Here
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In episode two of our special four part series, hospice icon Barbara Karnes shares what it was like working in hospice in the early days, before there was a model for working with the dying. Barbara has worked in end of life care for over 40 years, educating and supporting end of life workers and family caregivers alike. In this conversation, we ta…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week they discuss five examples of long term care with rates. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com …
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How to Organize Your Life to Make Death Easier
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When his dad died, Adam Zuckerman created a highly organized kit for managing his estate. As founder of Buried in Work, he helps people get their end-of-life preparation in place. Adam’s family learned the ins and outs of hospice as they supported his dad at the end of his battle with leukemia. Although their time using hospice care was short, Adam…
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Dialysis vs Conservative Management for Older Adults: Manju Kurella Tamura, Susan Wong, & Maria Montez-Rath
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We recently published a podcast on palliative care for kidney failure, focusing on conservative kidney management. Today we’re going to focus upstream on the decision to initiate dialysis vs conservative kidney management. As background, we discuss Manju Kurella Tamura’s landmark NEJM paper that found, contrary to expectations, that function declin…
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Send us a text Visual Tributes Sy explains what a visual tribute. Fits with how families look at photographs. Putting a series of photographs together, can help with grief. A mention of Katie Mills a funeral director in Torbay who designs these for her families. How it helps with reflection time and fond remembrance. Here is a link to an example of…
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Starting Out in the End: Talking With Barbara Karnes
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In honor of National Hospice and Palliative Care Month - and National Family Caregivers Month - we’re featuring a special 4-part series with special guest Barbara Karnes, Hospice Nurse and End of Life Educator. In the first episode of the series, Barbara shares how she got started in end of life care back before the Medicare hospice benefit was est…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week they discuss which path is best for you between original medicare and medicare advantage. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by…
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How to Improve Death Literacy in a Community
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Death educator Lee Warren believes preparing for death in advance makes a good death possible. Over a period of two years, she experienced several deaths in her small community of 125 people, teaching her the best lessons about death as she cared for them. Those deaths, and the generous people who experienced them, offered an incredible opportunity…
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In this episode, we dive into the results of our recent survey, where over 500 of you shared your thoughts on finding and participating in grief groups. From the challenges of connecting with the right group to the value of group support, we explore what makes grief groups work—and where they sometimes fall short. Visit whatsyourgrief.com for hundr…
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In this episode, we dive into the results of our recent survey, where over 500 of you shared your thoughts on finding and participating in grief groups. From the challenges of connecting with the right group to the value of group support, we explore what makes grief groups work—and where they sometimes fall short. Visit whatsyourgrief.com for hundr…
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COVID Updates: A Podcast with Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody
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In March 2020, we launched our first podcast on COVID-19. Over the past four years, we’ve seen many changes—some positive, some negative. While many of us are eager to move past COVID (myself included), it’s clear that COVID is here to stay. This week, we sit down with infectious disease experts Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody to discuss living with …
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Send us a text Children’s Funerals A sensitive episode of Good Goodbyes about Children’s funeral Sy talks people infant death, but this is also up to the age of 18yrs. Sy talks about the terms you might hear like Non-Viable Foetus, a child before 24 weeks People who have a child die after this age support from the children’s funeral fund https://ww…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week they discuss maximizing your social security. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or calling …
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Grandpad Has Made Innovative AI Available to Older Adults
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Serious illness and caregiving can be isolating. GrandPad’s AI technology keeps seniors safely connected to loved ones. Isaac Lien and his dad Scott co-founded GrandPad to meet the needs they saw in Scott’s mom. Their new AI app Grandie offers audio interaction for the user without requiring a certain format, and even learns the user’s voice and wa…
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In this episode we talk about a common social media quip - "there is no right way to grieve". For those of us who look back on some of our grief coping as not the healthiest, that statement can feel both true and untrue. We share our thoughts and talk about Charles Corr's 2023 Omega article, "Is it True That “There are no Right or Wrong Ways to Gri…
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In this episode we talk about a common social media quip - "there is no right way to grieve". For those of us who look back on some of our grief coping as not the healthiest, that statement can feel both true and untrue. We share our thoughts and talk about Charles Corr's 2023 Omega article, "Is it True That “There are no Right or Wrong Ways to Gri…
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Medical Cannabis Revisited: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen
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Cannabis is complicated. It can mean many things, including a specific type of plant, the chemicals in the plant, synthetic analogs, or products that have these components. The doses of the most widely discussed pharmacologically active ingredients, THC and CBD, vary by product, and the onset and bioavailability vary by how it is delivered. If you …
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Ashes. What can we do with cremated remains?
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Send us a text Ashes, what can we do with cremated remains? Tina and Sy discuss this topic A few people still have ashes from people who are deceased and here are some options of what you can do with them. Landowners permission is relevant on private land. Football clubs are mentioned, beaches and natural places. Ashes scatterings and interments ca…
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Capitalize On Low Tax Rates For 2024 & 2025
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week they discuss how to capitalize on low tax rates for 2024 and 2025. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinal…
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Honoring the Dead with Beautiful Burial Shrouds
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Virginia Marcolin’s background in fashion and textiles led her to start designing burial shrouds, experimenting with luxurious natural fabrics and vegetable dyes. The result was Sanctum, a brand of high-end scented burial shrouds for the natural funeral industry. Virginia sources a variety of high-quality organic fabrics which are soft to the touch…
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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster
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When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? In this week’s podcast, we’ll tackle this crucial question, thanks to a fantastic suggestion from GeriPal listener Matthew Shuster, who will join …
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Send us a text All about Coffins Sy talks people through the variety of their coffin options. We walk about the difference between a coffin and a casket. They can take many forms, wood, cardboard, natural products, shrouds. Can they accommodate all different sized questions Here is the link to the shout out Sy gave https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/…
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Hans and Robby are back again this week with a brand new episode! This week they discuss a trust for the middle class. Don’t forget to get your copy of “The Complete Cardinal Guide to Planning for and Living in Retirement” on Amazon or on CardinalGuide.com for free! You can contact Hans and Cardinal by emailing hans@cardinalguide.com or calling 919…
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