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In New Orleans, hospitals sent patients infected with the coronavirus into hospice facilities or back to their families to die at home, in some cases discontinuing treatment even as relatives begged them to keep trying. propublica.org/article/sent-h…

How Grandparents Can Tell Grandkids to Keep Their Distance aarp.org/caregiving/hea… @Ylora0211 @LifeMMedia @mgallagherUSA @drlorwright @DrMadhuriReddy @natlcomplexcare @NextAvenue @n4aACTION @pnetworker @PartnersonPath @TrudeauPhd @paula_span @cpodgorski1 @ReluctantCare @rchoula

You’re a Senior. How Do You Calculate Coronavirus Risk Right Now? - The New York Times nytimes.com/2020/07/17/hea…

Southeastern Veterans’ Center, Pa. facility that gave residents hydroxychloroquine, cited for infection-control failures - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…

14 people shot after exchange of gunfire after South Side funeral: police | WGN-TV wgntv.com/news/chicago-n…

‘No one, over a long lifetime, gets everything right. John Lewis has come as close as anyone...’ #JohnLewis was and will be a guiding light. He died tonight. newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

Lawmakers Call For Investigation Of States' Nursing Home Policies During Pandemic : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR npr.org/sections/coron…

‘One of the most heartbreaking aspects of the coronavirus is that many patients die alone. Hospice is designed to provide gentle end-of-life care, so the hospice field is working to adjust to the pandemic. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.’ wbur.org/npr/869053439/…

‘Never had so many residents lost their lives so quickly. Seven more died before the end of March. At one point Dr. Pitcher told a colleague, “They’re all going to die.”’ nytimes.com/2020/06/08/us/…

‘Even before the pandemic, the numbers of suicides by elders in care facilities were climbing, as a six-month investigation by PBS NewsHour and Kaiser Health News recently reported. And now things are worse — much worse.’ nytimes.com/2020/06/08/opi…

A look at how @poppysfunerals has adjusted their funerary practices to ensure the health and safety of deathcare workers and grieving families. via @guardian ow.ly/d2x050zP04f

The impact of chronic illness is hard to conceptualize until someone is thrown into being sick forever. @TessaJeanMiller reflects on the importance of self-advocacy and support groups for those facing chronic conditions. via @nytimes ow.ly/Qaby50zv4b5

“In 2009, I was a trauma nurse and I needed to find a way to heal myself. And I saw that there was something lacking, a ritual of some sort,” says @JonathanBarte17. So he started “The Pause.” Watch Jonathan's full #endwell19 talk here 👉 bit.ly/ew19thepause #endwell

We need to be honest with ourselves and our patients. We can’t “do everything” and “save everyone.” - via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2020/05/04/opi…

‘The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care,’ by Anne Boyer. Congratulations! #Pulitzer pulitzer.org/winners/anne-b…

‘My job often involves using proximity to bring comfort. Seeing how we forge deep human connections despite the current restrictions is deeply encouraging.’ nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…

This not O.K.! #FuneralsAfterLockdown #COVID19 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

No insurance. 64 years old. Alone, along with all the other black people at the bottom of the pandemic. nytimes.com/2020/04/22/opi…