What Matters Most

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Caregiving Conversations | Caregivers discuss the challenges of caring for a loved one with a serious diagnosis or in the last stages of life

What Matters Most | Family members discuss facing a loved one’s serious illness with an open heart and loving support

What Matters Most: Difficult Conversations

Yolanda reflects on how even with strong family support, facing serious illness is difficult for everyone.

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What Matters Most: Sharing Responsibility of Care

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What Matters Most: Sharing Responsibility of Care

Armando appreciates how his family members came together to share responsibilities and support his mother, in her last days.

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What Matters Most: It’s a Team Effort

Alice talks about caregiving as a team effort among family members, in order to support each other.

What Matters Most: Maintaining Patient’s Pride

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What Matters Most: Maintaining Patient’s Pride

Alice recalls the importance of helping keep her mother’s pride and integrity intact, even as her health declined.

What Matters Most: Ask for What You Need

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What Matters Most: Ask for What You Need

Michelle stresses the value of having a care conference with health care providers and family members, to help get what you need.

What Matters Most: Open Communication is Key

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What Matters Most: Open Communication is Key

Sunny shares about how talking with others is key to support, when family members face serious illness.

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What Matters Most: Remembering the Good

Sunny reflects on how speaking about a loved one after they pass, helps comfort surviving family members.

What Matters Most: Putting Own Feelings Aside

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What Matters Most: Putting Own Feelings Aside

Colin reflects on how he had to put his own feelings aside, as he cared for loved one dying of cancer.

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What Matters Most: Hard to Let Go

Colin shares how asking the Creator to take his father, was one of the hardest thing he has ever done.

What Matters Most: Making Informed Decisions

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What Matters Most: Making Informed Decisions

Narin talks about the importance of taking time to seek help from an interpreter, when making serious decisions about treatment and care for a loved one.