I was reading an article recently that discussed the incidence of invasive and potentially harmful hospital treatments during a person’s last six months of life.
Grief
One year on
Today is the first anniversary of my Dad’s passing. A year of bereavement, of reminiscing, of other kinds of firsts.
Courageous conversations.
After Dad came home from hospital I realised our family needed to have some courageous conversations. We needed to discuss how we were going to approach the coming months, supporting and caring for my Dad in a manner that was consistent with his values as well as appropriate for the circumstances of his clinical presentation.
A vacant seat at the table.
Today is Dad’s birthday. He would have been 82. We had dinner at Mum’s tonight, to celebrate Dad’s birthday. It was the first birthday that Dad wasn’t with us.
