Practical, emotional, and spiritual guidance
The time may come when you or a loved one has to face a life-threatening
illness; when you realize that you or your loved one may be dying. It's
never easy to think about the last years of life, but being prepared can
help you have your hopes and wishes realized. By taking the time now to
plan for the future, you can maintain control of your life even at the
very end.
Staying in Charge is a supportive guide to opening up the lines of
communication and making life more fulfilling from the first day of
diagnosis of a serious illness. This reassuring handbook helps you to
focus on important matters such as:
* Handling a living will or a do-not-resuscitate order
* Deciding upon medical power of attorney
* Gathering support from friends and family
* And, most significantly, learning to live in the midst of dying
Based on the wisdom of many experts and caregivers in the field, Staying
in Charge offers everything you need to know to make the last years of
life more fruitful, less isolating, and more comfortable and
peaceful-whenever and wherever the journey occurs.
Few of us think of our own death with an open heart or a clear mind.
Kaplan and Lukas courageously and compassionately demystify this unknown
part of life with practical and spiritual guidance. With Staying in
Charge, the secret is out: You can plan for death and, in so doing,
learn how to live more fully.
-Beth Witrogen McLeod, author of Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of
Love, Loss, and Renewal
Staying in Charge: Practical Plans for the End of Your Life means what
it says. When it comes time to manage a serious illness, we all want to
be in control. There isn't a person alive who shouldn't read and absorb
the counsel of this valorous-and unexpectedly cheering-work.
-Stefan Kanfer, former editor, Time magazine author of Ball of Fire and
A Summer World
