{"id":26,"date":"2017-01-26T21:17:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T21:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2020-06-11T15:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:29:43","slug":"lifes-endings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/issues-in-aging\/lifes-endings\/","title":{"rendered":"Life&#8217;s Endings"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/12\/an-age-old-fear-grows-more-common-im-going-to-die-alone\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Picture1-3-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Picture1-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Picture1-3-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Picture1-3-100x75.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Picture1-3-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Picture1-3-108x81.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Picture1-3.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/12\/an-age-old-fear-grows-more-common-im-going-to-die-alone\/\">An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: \u2018I\u2019m Going to Die Alone\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"date\">December 3, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summer, at dinner with her best friend, Jacki Barden raised an uncomfortable topic: the possibility that she might die alone.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/12\/an-age-old-fear-grows-more-common-im-going-to-die-alone\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: \u2018I\u2019m Going to Die Alone\u2019<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/11\/a-new-form-of-medical-tourism\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-300x229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-300x229.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-150x114.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-768x585.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-100x76.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-200x152.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-450x343.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-600x457.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-900x686.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave-108x82.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Asst-Suicide_Hero-Image_Woman-at-grave.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/11\/a-new-form-of-medical-tourism\/\">A New Form of Medical Tourism<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 5, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Debby Waldman<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">To date, only 10 states and Washington, DC, allow doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives, and only two states allow it for nonresidents. Journalist Debby Waldman describes the situation and what it\u2019s like to travel to one<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/11\/a-new-form-of-medical-tourism\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A New Form of Medical Tourism<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/07\/how-to-preplan-your-own-funeral\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-1-300x200.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-1-150x100.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-1-100x67.jpeg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-1-200x133.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-1-450x300.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-1-108x72.jpeg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-1.jpeg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/07\/how-to-preplan-your-own-funeral\/\">How to Preplan Your Own Funeral<\/a> <span class=\"date\">July 11, 2023<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Mary Jacobs<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Amy Martin\u2019s mother-in-law died last year at the age of 96, the funeral arrangements were easy. Her mother-in-law had discussed her wishes with her two adult children. <\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/07\/how-to-preplan-your-own-funeral\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Preplan Your Own Funeral<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/06\/green-burials-and-other-nontradional-ways-to-honor-the-end-of-a-life\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-300x200.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-150x100.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-100x67.jpeg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-200x133.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-450x300.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL-108x72.jpeg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/62ab86de8d922b485aae76d8_62aa81e6e47314e61eca1e3f_iEPOpf5rNoXyrOQs0CD0fSyQ3GzjkCjTw0wNZrEPKGGfiiF4E6Cih2engNbBQdoCNJggq0njd4L-5e_ivEhNIoJa5ukNdtzVdMkWpL.jpeg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/06\/green-burials-and-other-nontradional-ways-to-honor-the-end-of-a-life\/\">Green Burials and Other Nontradional Ways to Honor the End of a Life<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 5, 2023<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Mary Jacobs<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">This is part 1 in a our series on funerals. Read part 2 here. Near the end of her mother\u2019s life, Barrie Page Hill began thinking about the funeral and the best way to honor her mother.&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cMy mom was<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/06\/green-burials-and-other-nontradional-ways-to-honor-the-end-of-a-life\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Green Burials and Other Nontradional Ways to Honor the End of a Life<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/03\/is-dying-at-home-becoming-the-new-normal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AJGP-11-2018-Focus-Reymond-Hero-300x176.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AJGP-11-2018-Focus-Reymond-Hero-300x176.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AJGP-11-2018-Focus-Reymond-Hero-150x88.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AJGP-11-2018-Focus-Reymond-Hero-100x59.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AJGP-11-2018-Focus-Reymond-Hero-200x117.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AJGP-11-2018-Focus-Reymond-Hero-450x264.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AJGP-11-2018-Focus-Reymond-Hero-600x352.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AJGP-11-2018-Focus-Reymond-Hero-108x63.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AJGP-11-2018-Focus-Reymond-Hero.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/03\/is-dying-at-home-becoming-the-new-normal\/\">Is Dying at Home Becoming the New Normal?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 23, 2023<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Phillip Reese<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a surge in the proportion of Californians who are dying at home rather than in a hospital or nursing home, accelerating a slow but steady rise that dates back at least two decades.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/03\/is-dying-at-home-becoming-the-new-normal\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is Dying at Home Becoming the New Normal?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/02\/a-family-grapples-with-death\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Family-member-loss-COVID-web-824x549-1.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/02\/a-family-grapples-with-death\/\">A Family Grapples with Death<\/a> <span class=\"date\">February 28, 2023<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t the Thanksgiving holiday any of us had expected. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two weeks before, my 94-year-old father-in-law, Melvin Zax, suffered a stroke after receiving dialysis and was rushed to a hospital near his residence in western New York.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/02\/a-family-grapples-with-death\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Family Grapples with Death<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/02\/what-happens-when-someone-dies-without-a-will\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-300x211.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-300x211.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-150x106.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-768x541.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-100x70.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-200x141.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-450x317.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-600x423.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-900x634.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1-108x76.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shutterstock_475685377_1.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/02\/what-happens-when-someone-dies-without-a-will\/\">What Happens When Someone Dies without a Will?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">February 8, 2023<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Mary Jacobs<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Years later, the story still haunts attorney Jennifer Cona.&nbsp; A man\u2014in his 70s and in good health\u2014retained her to draw up a will. He wanted to bequeath his sizable estate to his grandson and to a few charities. He did<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/02\/what-happens-when-someone-dies-without-a-will\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Happens When Someone Dies without a Will?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/06\/retooling-the-nations-first-long-term-care-insurance-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-300x185.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-1024x631.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-150x93.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-768x474.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-1536x947.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-100x62.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-200x123.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-450x278.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-600x370.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-900x555.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC-108x67.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LTC.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/06\/retooling-the-nations-first-long-term-care-insurance-program\/\">Retooling the Nation\u2019s First Long Term Care Insurance Program<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 29, 2022<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Michelle Andrews<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patricia Keys, 71 and a stroke survivor, needs help with many everyday activities, such as dressing and bathing. Her daughter Christina, who lives near her mom in Vancouver, WA, cares for her in the evenings and pays about $3,000 a month for help from other caregivers.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/06\/retooling-the-nations-first-long-term-care-insurance-program\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Retooling the Nation\u2019s First Long Term Care Insurance Program<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/05\/top-experts-question-the-value-of-advance-care-planning\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-900x600.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Partners_iCMP-Sersious-Illness-Conversations-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/05\/top-experts-question-the-value-of-advance-care-planning\/\">Top Experts Question the Value of Advance Care Planning<\/a> <span class=\"date\">May 24, 2022<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming terminally ill\u2014living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders and other written materials expressing treatment preferences.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2022\/05\/top-experts-question-the-value-of-advance-care-planning\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Top Experts Question the Value of Advance Care Planning<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/10\/covid-19-is-damaging-bereaved-families\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-200x134.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-600x401.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-900x601.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/200427-detroit-jamon-jordan-se-1023a_75696a03f6c8765f69eb4033848f5d73-108x72.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/10\/covid-19-is-damaging-bereaved-families\/\">COVID-19 Is Damaging Bereaved Families<\/a> <span class=\"date\">October 22, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every day, the nation is reminded of COVID-19\u2019s ongoing impact as new death counts are published. What is not well documented is the toll on family members.<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/10\/covid-19-is-damaging-bereaved-families\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">COVID-19 Is Damaging Bereaved Families<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/09\/should-you-change-your-living-will-because-of-the-pandemic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/file-20200406-103690-wgn3l7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/09\/should-you-change-your-living-will-because-of-the-pandemic\/\">Should You Change Your Living Will Because of the Pandemic?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">September 30, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Last month, Minna Buck revised a document specifying her wishes should she become critically ill.\r\n\r\n\u201cNo intubation,\u201d she wrote in large letters on the form, making sure to include the date and her initials.<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/09\/should-you-change-your-living-will-because-of-the-pandemic\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Should You Change Your Living Will Because of the Pandemic?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/05\/write-your-own-obituary\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2709-300x288.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2709-300x288.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2709-150x144.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2709-100x96.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2709-200x192.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2709-108x104.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_2709.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/05\/write-your-own-obituary\/\">Write Your Own Obituary<\/a> <span class=\"date\">May 6, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Mary Jacobs<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When Susan deLarios\u2019s mother passed away, she had to scramble to finish the obituary before the funeral. By contrast, when her father died a few years earlier, his obituary was already done\u2014he had written it himself. Given how much easier<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/05\/write-your-own-obituary\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Write Your Own Obituary<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/02\/is-suicide-ever-simply-a-rational-choice\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-300x232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-150x116.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-768x594.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-100x77.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-200x155.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-450x348.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-600x464.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-900x696.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1-108x83.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cartoon-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/02\/is-suicide-ever-simply-a-rational-choice\/\">Is Suicide Ever Simply a Rational Choice?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">February 25, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Melissa Bailey<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ten residents slipped away from their retirement community one Sunday afternoon for a covert meeting in a grocery store cafe. They aimed to answer a taboo question: When they feel they have lived long enough, how can they carry out their own swift and peaceful death?<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2020\/02\/is-suicide-ever-simply-a-rational-choice\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is Suicide Ever Simply a Rational Choice?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/10\/lethal-plans-suicides-in-long-term-care-facilities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-300x200.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-150x100.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-100x67.jpeg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-200x133.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-450x300.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-600x400.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-900x600.jpeg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1-108x72.jpeg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1_MB4U-29Z8MjDMLPMKqZbAA-1.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/10\/lethal-plans-suicides-in-long-term-care-facilities\/\">Lethal Plans: Suicides in Long Term Care Facilities<\/a> <span class=\"date\">October 8, 2019<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Melissa Bailey and JoNel Aleccia<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Larry Anders moved into the Bay at Burlington nursing home in late 2017, he wasn\u2019t supposed to be there long. At 77, the stoic Wisconsin machinist had just endured the death of his wife of 51 years and a grim new diagnosis: throat cancer, stage 4.<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2019\/10\/lethal-plans-suicides-in-long-term-care-facilities\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lethal Plans: Suicides in Long Term Care Facilities<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/12\/at-deaths-door-shedding-light-on-how-to-live\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"190\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Living-While-DyingPic.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Living-While-DyingPic.jpg 265w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Living-While-DyingPic-150x108.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Living-While-DyingPic-100x72.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Living-While-DyingPic-200x143.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Living-While-DyingPic-108x77.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/12\/at-deaths-door-shedding-light-on-how-to-live\/\">At Death\u2019s Door, Shedding Light on How to Live<\/a> <span class=\"date\">December 19, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Nothing so alters a person as learning you have a terminal illness.\r\n\r\nRonni Bennett, who writes a popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timegoesby.net\/weblog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog about aging<\/a>, discovered that recently when she heard that cancer had metastasized to her lungs and her peritoneum (a membrane that lines the cavity of the abdomen).<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/12\/at-deaths-door-shedding-light-on-how-to-live\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">At Death\u2019s Door, Shedding Light on How to Live<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/06\/when-the-time-comes-will-your-living-will-prevail\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Power-of-Attny-Pic_LivingWills-Article-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Power-of-Attny-Pic_LivingWills-Article-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Power-of-Attny-Pic_LivingWills-Article-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Power-of-Attny-Pic_LivingWills-Article-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Power-of-Attny-Pic_LivingWills-Article-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Power-of-Attny-Pic_LivingWills-Article-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Power-of-Attny-Pic_LivingWills-Article-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Power-of-Attny-Pic_LivingWills-Article-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Power-of-Attny-Pic_LivingWills-Article.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/06\/when-the-time-comes-will-your-living-will-prevail\/\">When the Time Comes, Will Your Living Will Prevail?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 21, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Judith Graham<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">It\u2019s all too easy for medical providers to misinterpret living wills and other end-of-life instructions. In a disturbing report, Judith Graham, a contributing columnist for Kaiser Health News (KHN), covers recent studies that have revealed problems. KHN posted her article<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/06\/when-the-time-comes-will-your-living-will-prevail\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When the Time Comes, Will Your Living Will Prevail?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/03\/theyre-not-well-and-theyre-all-alone\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-300x265.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-300x265.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-150x133.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-768x679.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-100x88.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-200x177.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-450x398.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-600x531.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-900x796.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone-108x96.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/post-caring-living-alone.jpg 927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/03\/theyre-not-well-and-theyre-all-alone\/\">They\u2019re Not Well and They\u2019re All Alone<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 11, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Sharon Jayson<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Phyllis Krantzman knows what she should do, but like many of her peers, the 71-year-old doesn\u2019t know how to approach a casual acquaintance to ask who will take care of her when she needs it most.<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/03\/theyre-not-well-and-theyre-all-alone\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">They\u2019re Not Well and They\u2019re All Alone<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/how-to-deal-with-your-digital-afterlife\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-300x299.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-150x149.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-768x765.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-1024x1020.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-200x199.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-450x448.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-600x598.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-900x897.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-32x32.jpg 32w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-50x50.jpg 50w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-64x64.jpg 64w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-96x96.jpg 96w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DigitalAssetsComic-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/how-to-deal-with-your-digital-afterlife\/\">How to Deal with Your Digital Afterlife<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 10, 2018<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Mary Jacobs<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sara Ivey, 63, calls it one of the few gifts of cancer: time to plan. When her husband, Jerald Sluder, was diagnosed with advanced melanoma, the Dallas couple had time to organize his affairs before his death in December 2016<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2018\/01\/how-to-deal-with-your-digital-afterlife\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Deal with Your Digital Afterlife<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/04\/living-through-death-online-a-new-approach-to-age-old-traditions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-257x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-257x300.jpg 257w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-129x150.jpg 129w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-100x117.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-150x175.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-200x233.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-300x350.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-450x525.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-600x700.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline-108x126.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/offline.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/04\/living-through-death-online-a-new-approach-to-age-old-traditions\/\">Grieving Has Changed: Today People Do It Publicly\u2014Online<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 4, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Leigh Ann Hubbard<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">These days when a loved one dies, we don\u2019t stop clocks and don black for months. There is no sackcloth.<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/04\/living-through-death-online-a-new-approach-to-age-old-traditions\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grieving Has Changed: Today People Do It Publicly\u2014Online<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/04\/if-assisted-suicide-is-legalized-is-that-really-good-for-the-dying\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/who-owns-300x187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/who-owns-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/who-owns-150x93.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/who-owns-100x62.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/who-owns-200x125.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/who-owns-450x280.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/who-owns-600x374.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/who-owns-108x67.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/who-owns.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/04\/if-assisted-suicide-is-legalized-is-that-really-good-for-the-dying\/\">If Assisted Suicide Is Legalized, Is That Really Good for the Dying?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 4, 2017<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by John Daley<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Last spring, everything changed for Matt Larson.  \u201cOne day I was fine. 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