End of Life

An illustration featuring four panels with a faceless person standing in each one. The person in the panel all the way on the left is a masc-presenting person who is wearing a white lab coat, a white button-down shirt, a green tie, a brown belt and blue pants. His skin is a light brown, he has short brown hair and he's wearing a stethoscope. The person the in middle-left panel is an older, femme-presenting person with light skin and gray hair that goes to her ears. She's wearing a light blue shirt and gray pants. The person in the middle-right panel is femme-presenting with dark brown skin and dark brown hair that is up in a bun with a piece out in the front. She's wearing blue scrubs. The person in the panel all the way on the right is femme-presenting with light skin and blonde hair down her back, swept away from her face. She's wearing a pink, knee-length dress and her hands are in her pockets. The word "Embodied" is at the top of the illustration, going along all of the panels.

Kaia Findlay

The option to end one's own life through prescribed, lethal medication is legal in 10 states and in Washington D.C. Guest host Anisa Khalifa talks to two researchers about what the assisted death debate illuminates about dying in the United States.

An illustration of a scrapbook featuring four photos of an older white man, who is bald, has a beard and wears glasses. In the photos clockwise from upper right photo: an older white woman hugs the man from behind; the man in front of a big house and trees talking with a Black man; the man with a young girl blowing out candles on a chocolate birthday cake that says 鈥�95鈥�; the man sitting at a picnic table playing bridge with two other old white men.

The relationships and communities that sustain the last decades of our lives

Gabriela Glueck

For older Americans, social isolation is a public health crisis. As we age, our relationships evolve and our communities change 鈥� how do we accept these changes and tackle their challenges?

Cared: The Last Decades Of Our Lives

Gabriela Glueck

More Americans are living into their 90s and 100s than ever before, and it blows Anita's mind that so few people are talking about it! She meets a 94-year-old man who opens up about the changes in his romantic, platonic, and familial relationships, and his two kids join to share their perspectives. Plus, a woman in her 70s introduces Anita to an innovative model for combating social isolation in your senior years.

photo of a man in a congregation, praying

Health

Among Diverse Communities, A 鈥楪ood Death鈥� Looks Different

Jennifer Brookland

When Dr. David Casarett asks patients with a terminal illness what they would like to do with the time they have left, some stare blankly back at him.鈥�

Health

Among Diverse Communities, A 鈥楪ood Death鈥� Looks Different

Jennifer Brookland

When Dr. David Casarett asks patients with a terminal illness what they would like to do with the time they have left, some stare blankly back at him.鈥�

Don Taylor is a professor of public policy at Duke University.

Health

Policy Changes For End-Of-Life Care

Anita Rao

Eighty percent of people who die in the United States are on Medicare, making end-of-life policies a crucial component of the Medicare system.This month鈥�

Health

Policy Changes For End-Of-Life Care

Anita Rao

Eighty percent of people who die in the United States are on Medicare, making end-of-life policies a crucial component of the Medicare system.This month鈥�

Military

When Soldiers Die At Home

Hady Mawajdeh

Combat veterans often struggle at the end of life with feelings of guilt, abandonment and regret. For some dying service members and their families, a鈥�

Military

When Soldiers Die At Home

Hady Mawajdeh

Combat veterans often struggle at the end of life with feelings of guilt, abandonment and regret. For some dying service members and their families, a鈥�

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End of Life