Table of Contents
Preface: Death Is Not Failure ix
Introducion: The New Rules of Dying xiii
1 Getting Everyone on the Same Page 1
2 Letting Head and Heart Guide You Through the Hardest Decisions 21
3 Your Best Ally 41
Working with the Medical Team
4 What to Do When Your Loved One Still Has Some Time 69
Hospice, Palliative Care, Long-Term Life Support, and Other Considerations
5 Who Pays? 95
Medicare, Spending Down, Long-Term Care Policies, and More
6 Legacies and Regrets 107
The Importance of Having Final Conversations about Life
7 Grieving, Letting Go, and Acceptance 123
Lessons from the Orinoco
8 Post-Death Paperwork 137
Funerals, Taxes, Passwords, and More
9 Planning an Event You Don't Want to Attend 157
Epilogue: For Every Season 173
Acknowledgments 175
Notes 177
About the Author 181