"Dealing with the Family Home: Cleaning, Selling, or Maintaining Your Parent’s Residence," offers a guide for navigating the emotional and logistical challenges of deciding what to do with a parent's home after their loss.
Prioritizing respect, empathy, and ongoing support beyond the initial service is the best way to honor the friendship and comfort those who are grieving.
The article, "Notifying the Right People: A Checklist for Contacting Family, Friends, and Institutions," provides a structured guide to managing the administrative task of notifications following the death of a loved one.
The document breaks down the eight key distinctions between palliative care and hospice care, both of which focus on comfort and quality of life for people facing serious or life-limiting illnesses.
Downsizing and legacy planning are described as compassionate gifts: Gifting yourself a simpler present and future, and gifting your family clarity, relief, and the priceless treasure of your stories. This work is viewed as a thoughtful new beginning.