Yankee Deathcare

02/27/2026

This is NOT a good development for hospice…private equity extracts profits at all costs, including patient care.

“The Enhabit transaction signals a continued trend of increasing private equity interest in the hospice space over the past several years, Widmar stated. The trend is not anticipated to abate anytime soon, he said. Buyers are garnering greater interest in hospice assets with diverse service lines, particularly in the home health arena, according to Widmar.”

Enhabit Inc. (NYSE: EHAB) has plans to grow its hospice and home health service lines to new levels upon the completion of its recent acquisition by the

02/18/2026

Exciting green burial news here in New England!

Located in Benton Flats, Oliverian Everlasting welcomes all who are looking for a place to rest in nature. We offer natural burials—simple, authentic, affordable—on 28.9 acres of woodland, stream, and meadow that abut the White Mountain National Forest an

01/23/2026

“When we medicalize and pathologize grief, we lose sight of what grief actually represents: love, attachment, and the rupture of a meaningful bond,” Thieleman said, in an interview by email. “Bereavement is a universal human experience. We do not grieve those we do not love. Framing grief as a disorder obscures this fundamental reality and recasts a deeply relational experience as an individual pathology.”

Grief has long been understood as a normal and healthy response to loss. However, over the past decade, American psychiatry has rebranded that time of New research finds most bereaved people reject psychiatric grief diagnoses, viewing grief as a normal expression of love rather than mental "illness....

01/15/2026

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12/01/2025

It is important that we don’t put our own choices on our patients and those we serve. This article is a powerful reminder.

A doctor grapples with a patient’s incomprehensible medical decision.

11/25/2025

exquisite ✨

11/23/2025

Incredibly powerful read.

When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.

11/14/2025

“The findings come at a time when U.S. life expectancy has been falling for much of the past decade, even among wealthier Americans who typically live longer than the poorest Americans, Papanicolas said. There has also been a rise in preventable deaths, she said, which has been partly driven by rising deaths in midlife, generally defined as between the ages of 40 and 65.”

A study by researchers at Brown University and Harvard University shows that a rising premature death rate means Medicare isn’t helping as many people as intended.

11/14/2025

“Despite its popularity, the five stages may oversimplify an experience that’s deeply personal. Grief doesn’t follow a script, and neither does healing.”

For anyone grieving, one question often lingers: How long will this last?

10/23/2025

“This is what happens when modern medicine evolves rapidly but our caregiving infrastructure does not.”

U.S. family caregivers are doing more than ever before — with less

09/22/2025

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09/18/2025

I am honored to announce that I am accepting a position on the Board of Directors for the National End of Life Doula Alliance with a term that begins 10/1/2025.
NEDA is an incredibly valuable voice in the growing movement to bring holistic support and advocacy to the terminally ill and their families. I am incredibly excited to join peers in this sacred space as we seek to expand awareness and education in our communities and beyond.