Dying At Home Blog
The Dying At Home blog is a place for us to share thoughts, stories and reflections as well as information and resources to support your journey through the end of life either as a caregiver or a dying person.
Dying At Home was created by Gerard and Helen-Anne Manion to support people caring for those approaching the end of life. Our free, highly recognized training and resource program is available internationally. The Dying At Home Program allows family and friends to experience the richness and significance of caring for precious remaining life at home while actively engaging the dying person.
Seven Physical Signs That Your Loved One is Starting the Dying Process
As a caregiver, you know your loved one best. You know their eating schedule. You can predict when they’ll use the bathroom. You can sense their mood, too. Because you know your loved one so well, you know when something’s not quite right. When your routine changes,...
5 Tips for Speaking to a Person Who Is Dying
An awkward silence fills the room often. As you feed, bathe, and rest near your loved one, sometimes there isn’t much to say. Symptoms may worsen. You’re not sure if they notice. You’re not sure if they want to talk about it. Communicating with a person who is...
6 Free Ways to Care for a Sick Person at Home
It’s not easy seeing a person in pain. It’s even more distressing when this person is your loved one. Making the decision to care for a sick person at home is a noble one. But it doesn’t come easy. A terminally ill person will display signs of discomfort. If you’re a...
Sheryl’s Grandmother – A Personal Account
It is said that the last sensations for a dying person to go is their sense of touch and their sense of hearing. While caring for a dying loved one, sit with them and hold their hand, caress their forehead and stroke their hair. Their last sense to go might be their...
How to Care for a Terminally Ill Child at Home
When imagining a terminally ill patient, rarely do we picture a child. Yet, it’s estimated that up to 5,300 Australian children have a life-limiting condition. Half of those children will require palliative care in a given year. It’s far from ideal to make a sick...
5 Ways You Can Help The Family Of a Terminally Ill Person
Caring for a terminally ill loved one is a life-changing and emotional experience. Caregivers understandably get caught up in the daily care of the person who is terminally ill. Yet, many caregivers are related to those they’re looking after. It’s easy to forget that...
How to Ask for Help
How to Ask for Help When You are Caring for a Terminally Ill Loved One Alone You cannot take care of a dying person alone. It takes a village. Like raising a child to live, it takes a village to help a person while they are dying. There are many things to do and...
Using the Free Program Booklets for the Family Caregiver
Free Dying At Home Program Booklets for the Family Caregiver Using the Free Program Booklets - Judith Shares Mary's Story I am Judith Hart and I’d like to share with you a little about my experience with using the free Dying at Home program booklets. I also want to...
THE COVID-19 CRISIS: A TIME OF DANGER – A TIME OF HOPE
REFLECTIONS FROM THE FOUNDERS OF DYING AT HOME PROGRAM We are reaching out to people around the world with much heartfelt distress, moved to sadness for your terrible losses, grief, suffering and great loss of life in war-torn countries. Facing us all is the...
Myanmar 2013: The Road to Kalaymyo
60 original trainees have grown to over 600! One remarkable person, Rev. Dr Mawi Van Ro, who was researching for his PhD on Death and Dying in Chin Culture, discovered our Dying At Home website www.dyingathome.org and became very interested to learn how our Dying At...