Before I Die: Caretaking as Path

If you are not already a caregiver for someone with a chronic or terminal illness, statistics say you will be. It’s estimated that there are at least 45 million family caregivers in the United States and that number will keep rising as people live longer.

In the words of Barbara Karnes, author and end-of-life educator, “the journey of caring for your special person will be challenging and exhausting [but it is also possible] that this experience will be a special time for you that will become a sacred memory.”

Please join us as Sharon Owyang, our presenter for this month, shares her experiences of being her mother’s end-of-life companion and caregiver from her personal perspective as a Buddhist.