Most people don’t get the end-of-life care they really want. Here’s what you can do to change that.

Most people don’t get the end-of-life care they really want. Here’s what you can do to change that.
[Maria Shriver's] Sunday Paper; by Karen Spencer; 6/1/24
My mother died of cancer in 2011, when I was in my 30s. My father had died a decade earlier, and most of our family lived far away. So even though I lived in Boston and my mom was in Denver, we had to figure out how I could help care for her from a distance. ... Here are 3 lessons I’ve learned along the way that I hope will help you, too.

• Lesson No. 1: The doctors don’t always know more than you do.
• Lesson No. 2: Be proactive and ask questions about end-of-life care - even before you need it.
• Lesson No. 3: Educate yourself about the kinds of end-of-life care available to you.