There are things we can do to make our own situations better at the end of life.
Let’s get real about our last days alive.
“We use healthcare resources far out of proportion to any other country on the planet.”
It’s understandable. Nobody wants to think in advance about life ending.
In our satisfied state of denial, we want to believe medical advances will keep us healthy until we die in our sleep at a ripe old age.
But death doesn’t always come on our terms, and failing to face up to other possibilities can put crushing burdens on loved ones — not to mention that soaring end-of-life medical costs are at the center of the national budget crisis.