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Directing Doctors to Treat Others With COVID-19 First

Winnona Merritt who has one of these advance directives

What to know about the new Save Other Souls advance directive

AUGUST 13, 2020 | By Richard Harris

8 Ways to Keep the Memory of Your Parent Alive

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Recommendations for families from the author of 'Inheriting Clutter'

AUGUST 7, 2020 | By Julie Hall

After Widowhood, Moving Forward and Finding Happiness

Carol Johansen, jumping from a plane

These three people overcame their grief and found joy in living again

AUGUST 6, 2020 | By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell

A Day in the Life of an End-of-Life Doula

Doula Wendy Brown talking at a distance to Holli Roseberg at Mt. Olivet Nursing Home in Minneapolis

Wendy Longacre Brown helps clients find meaning and families find peace

JULY 31, 2020 | By Julie Kendrick

‘Not a Single Casserole’ — What It’s Like to Be Widowed by COVID-19

Levester (LT)Thompson and his wife Simone Andrews

Spouses and families are left to grieve without sympathy or support

JULY 10, 2020 | By Kevyn Burger

What It’s Like to Recover From the Coronavirus

older person recovering from coronavirus

Plus a health expert's advice on coping with the aftereffects

JULY 2, 2020 | By Dr. Christine Nguyen

Writing the Poignant New York Times COVID-19 Obituaries

Marny Xiong, Michael Halkias, and Yves-Emmanuel Segui

'You cry. You just cry,' says one of its reporters

JUNE 24, 2020 | By Richard Eisenberg

Granting My Grandmother’s Final Wish

Stephany (at right), her mom and her grandma

Being unable to bury our dead makes it harder to resurrect our memories

JUNE 22, 2020 | By Stephany Wilkes

Coping With the Loss of a Grandparent From Coronavirus

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From younger children to adults, mourning the loss of this special relationship is hard

JUNE 17, 2020 | By Diana Raab

Get Proactive and Develop a COVID-19 Care Plan

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Dr. Christine Nguyen says being prepared can reduce your pandemic stress

JUNE 12, 2020 | By Dr. Christine Nguyen

What Are Grief Dreams?

Common and comforting, dreams about the dead are changing during the pandemic

JUNE 10, 2020 | By Kevyn Burger

I Didn’t Know Her, But I Mourn Her

Joanne MacNeal Eldred and Jackson Browne

During a pandemic, relationships in joy and sorrow find their center on social media

JUNE 8, 2020 | By Janet Siroto

A COVID-19 Nursing Home Death: My Uncle Jonas

Jonas Chaves, who died after contracting COVID-19 in a nursing home

His passing is emblematic of the COVID-19 tragedies in long-term care

MAY 29, 2020 | By Richard Harris

‘I’m Thankful Mom Is Not Here to Live Through This’

Judith Helfand and her mother, Florence

For Next Avenue readers, the pandemic provokes sadness for others unable to mourn

MAY 28, 2020 | By Julie Pfitzinger

‘No Intubation’ — For Some, COVID-19 Changed Their Living Will

closeup elder hand writing paper working with ball pen in office desk.

Severe cases take invasive treatment that many would rather forgo

MAY 26, 2020 | By Judith Graham

Will COVID-19 Make the Decline Narrative of Aging Worse?

Man outdoors with cane

What experts in aging think the future holds for boomer bashing

MAY 8, 2020 | By Richard Eisenberg

You Need a Ventilator. But Do You Want One?

Critical state intubated on ALV patient in intensive care department

Get to know the device, how it's being used and its risks

APRIL 27, 2020 | By Grace Birnstengel

A Funeral Home Director’s View of the Pandemic

Gravediggers in protective clothing at a recent New York City-area funeral

The pain that she and colleagues feel, turning away the grieving

APRIL 27, 2020 | By Alexandra Kathryn Mosca

Early Midlife Crisis Hits Millennials

worried millennial

Journalist Gail Sheehy on their health and money worries in the pandemic

APRIL 21, 2020 | By Gail Sheehy

Death in the Time of the Coronavirus

Vicky Gottlieb and her mother

What it means to lose and mourn a loved one during the pandemic

APRIL 20, 2020 | By Vicky Gottlieb

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