Tag: end of life care

• November 4, 2023

  African Immigrant family caregivers, their challenges and changes needed in End of life care

  Dr. Saul Ebema A few years ago, my wife befriended an elderly African woman from west Africa. Recently, that woman had a serious health scare. Due her limited understanding of the English language, communication with her healthcare team became hard. Her children and other family members who were somewhat fluent in English began to take…
• March 6, 2018

  Stuck in Grief?

  By Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. Sometimes individuals share with me that they or someone they know are “stuck in grief.” Yet, I always wonder what individuals mean when they say “stuck in grief.” Sometimes when I think of someone stuck in grief, I know they are having a more complicated reaction to grief. Here the…
• January 19, 2018

  What constitutes a good death in Hospice Care?

  Dr. Saul Ebema. Although dying is part of the human condition, dying poorly ought not to be. Researchers have begun to look at various domains of what constitutes a “good death.” I believe that a meaningful dying process is one during which the patient is physically, psychologically, spiritually, and emotionally supported by his or her…