Today’s episode has us exploring the idea of saying goodbye to those on their end-of-life journey.

Waving goodbye to someone at end-of-life can be incredibly hard but having a bit of a game plan before it gets to that point can be helpful. We call this legacy work

On today’s episode we’re focusing on the end of the palliative care journey for someone, which as we’ve learned can start far before hospice care would be appropriate and people can be on for years.

Palliative care can help support someone living with a chronic condition for years before their illness reaches a point where they’d qualify for Hospice. However, once that chronic condition gets to a point where a person’s life expectancy is six months and they no longer want to seek curative treatment the palliative care journey draws to a close and a referral to Hospice may be made.

Today, we’re exploring our feelings along the way, particularly near end of life. Something you really don’t hear people discussing a whole lot.

Talking about death generally makes people uncomfortable, especially in our society. But sometimes, because we don’t talk about it, witnessing the emotions people go through or physical changes that happen to a person while they are dying can feel scary.