Contents

PREFACE     Death Is Not Failure

INTRODUCTION     The New Rules of Dying

1     Getting Everyone on the Same Page

2     Letting Head and Heart Guide You Through the Hardest Decisions

3     Your Best Ally

       Working with the Medical Team

4     What to Do When Your Loved One Still Has Some Time

       Hospice, Palliative Care, Long-Term Life Support, and Other Considerations

5     Who Pays?

       Medicare, Spending Down, Long-Term Care Policies, and More

6     Legacies and Regrets

       The Importance of Having Final Conversations about Life

7     Grieving, Letting Go, and Acceptance

       Lessons from the Orinoco

8     Post-Death Paperwork

       Funerals, Taxes, Passwords, and More

9     Planning an Event You Don’t Want to Attend

EPILOGUE     For Every Season

Acknowledgments

Notes

About the Author

About Sounds True

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