Our Mortal Lives

The Lewis family ran Nantucket’s only funeral home for 135 years. They closed it nearly 3 years ago and sold the land when nobody wanted to take over the…

When she first heard about hospice care, Yarmouth resident Christine Greeley was dubious.“I mean the term ‘hospice’ was kind of scary,” she said. “It…

When Rachel Tinney realized her brother Josiah had moved beyond prescription pain pills to heroin, she tried begging him, using her other brother's death…

Rituals around death is the topic on The Point. We discuss some of the ways in which the living remember, celebrate, and immortalize the dead. Guests on…

About a dozen people are gathered at the Barnstable Senior Center, sipping coffee and eating pie. They’re not here to socialize or play games—they’re here…

Talking about death and dying is difficult, but planning can make it easier. There are steps you can take right now to get organized. In this video…

More than half of U.S. states have laws that say that a dying person should have access to any treatment, vaccine, medical device that they want. For some…

Roger Kligler loves to walk. Every day, he takes his five-year-old golden retriever, Bodie, out along the paths near his Falmouth home. It’s one of…

We don’t like to talk about it, but we really need to. How we want our lives to end is a topic that deserves our attention. Mindy Todd hosts a…

There has been a growing recognition in recent years that patients near the end of life need a different kind of care – treatment that focuses on…