Tag Archives: end of life
Being Perfect In Healthcare
Blog post by Joe Babaian Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well. ~ Shakespeare The best is the enemy of the good. ~ Voltaire Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~ Confucius Now more than ever, the people of healthcare shine with their hard work AND successes. We still see […]
Having the Conversation – Death, Dying & Advance Directives
This week HCLDR joins a global discussion on the topic of death, dying and the end-of-life (EOL). On November 28th, 2018 our friends in the #IrishMed (Ireland and UK) community discussed “The Value of Death”. You can see a transcript here. Then on December 1st, 2018 our friends in the #HealthXPh (Philippines) community discussed “The […]
End of Life: An Experience Re-Design
Blog post by Stacey Tinianov. Stacey, @coffeemommy is a community engagement consultant and on the Advisory Panel for the OpenIDEO Challenge “Re-Imagine the End-of-Life Experience.” Each of our lives is a story. Let’s re-imagine how we prepare for, share and live through the final chapter. Death is not an opt-in or an opt-out proposition. Whether you believe in an […]
The 100 Year Lifespan
Blog post by Bernadette Keefe MD The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important. – Martin Luther King Jr. 100 Year Lifespan: The coming reality The 100 Year lifespan is coming. As of 2014 there were 72,000 centenarians (U.S.) and projections of as many as 1 million by 2050. In the […]
Nov 26th Chat – Thanksgiving, The Perfect time to Engage with Grace.
Blog post by Lisa Fields This week is Thanksgiving in the United States. We thought it’d be fun to use this holiday theme for this week’s #HCLDR, much like we did last month when we had a Thanksgiving chat with our Canadian friends (they celebrate about a month earlier). Please join us Tuesday November 26th […]
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