Sad songs can help you deal with grief
UK – New research has shown that sad songs can help people deal with the loss of a loved one.
UK – New research has shown that sad songs can help people deal with the loss of a loved one.
USA – I was working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as a medical resident when I learned that my 89-year-old
UK – Adam Lee explains growth of the ‘alternative’ funeral as younger generations turn away from religion.
MEXICO – A new interpretation of cremation urns is based on pre-Hispanic funeral vessels.
Suzie Carley from Dogs Trust Ireland explains the Canine Care Card programme. It’s a free service from the
Author and mariner Norman Freeman shares his stories of burials at sea during the years he was a Marconi radio
IRELAND – What does it really feel like to die? We all think about it but few of us want to talk about it.
Experts in end-of-life care tell us that we should talk about death and dying with relatives and friends, but how do we get such conversations off the ground in a society that historically has avoided the topic? This book provides one example of such a conversation.
US – In July 2013, some 1.2 million Twitter users followed a remarkable series of tweets from NPR’s Scott Simon. He was sending updates from the hospital room where his mother was living the last days of her life.