Talking about End of Life
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Siblings: “I wracked my brain about how to make his last days better.”
Sister Lexi shares a grand gesture of treating her brother to a very special sneaky treat at the end of his life, and getting one last smile. Creamsicles! “I did the right thing.”
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Communicating with the siblings: What can we do to make this as less traumatic as possible, to minimize damage.
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Addressing the Child’s Worries about Dying
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“We had a pinky promise that I would always be very honest with her. I sat on the bed and told her that she was dying.”
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A pediatric palliative care social worker on involving the siblings at End of Life.
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Sibling illness and death: Parents on how they support their older son who has autism
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Siblings: “I wracked my brain about how to make his last days better.”
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Talking to siblings about end of life.
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She, the sister, finally understood. She didn’t want to see him suffering in his life.
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Siblings: Holding on to hope while also understanding death may happen. “The staff was worried she was too hopeful, unrealistic.”
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Our goal is to get them as OK with this as possible, before.
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