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When a Loved One Is Dying
- Author
- Maureen Groden
- Narrator
- Suzie Althens
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 17 February 2026
- Run Time
- 5 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A compassionate guide to navigating the emotional and practical realities of supporting a loved one at life’s end.
When faced with a loved one’s serious illness, many families find themselves overwhelmed, uncertain, and afraid. In this compassionate guide, hospice nurse and educator Maureen Groden, RN, offers a sympathetic and deeply human glimpse into one of life’s most challenging passages.
Groden shares true stories of families navigating the final chapter of a loved one’s life to explain the universal emotions, decisions, and realizations that emerge during the dying process. Listeners meet families like their own—grappling with fear, love, sorrow, and strength—while learning how the health care system works when a family member is seriously ill, what decisions they may need to make, and how to care for their loved ones. These powerful accounts offer expert guidance and practical insights that help readers prepare for what lies ahead. Groden provides clarity and comfort while explaining symptom management, hospice services, and the subtle, poignant ways that families and loved ones can say goodbye.
This thoughtful guide invites listeners to see that although death brings undeniable sorrow, it can also deepen bonds, cultivate resilience, and offer moments of profound beauty. This book is a steady, reassuring companion for anyone facing the uncertainties of end-of-life care—an essential resource for families seeking understanding, courage, and peace.
Critics Review
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“As hospice nurse Maureen Groden makes her rounds—each vignette displaying a different facet of patients and families coping with late-stage illness—we witness and learn.”
Maureen Callahan Smith, author of Grace Street: A Sister’s Memoir of Grief and Gratitude
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“All too many American families think that hospice is ‘giving up.’ These stories accurately show the compassion and breadth of concerns that hospice staff have.”
William Haley, University of South Florida
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“Maureen Groden has written a book using the best teaching strategy of all, which is the telling of stories.”
Betty Ferrell, City of Hope Medical Center
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“These stories offer a refreshingly realistic portrayal of life’s complexities—depicting families with trauma histories, fractured relationships, and the real challenges of assisted living.”
Rachel Kentor, Baylor College of Medicine
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“A realistic, rich, and comforting resource for people coming together in the face of end-of-life experiences.”
Olga Ehrlich, Oakland University School of Nursing
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Details
- Author
- Maureen Groden
- Narrator
- Suzie Althens
- Duration
- 5 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9798228807709
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Coping with death and bereavement, Nursing and ancillary services, Home nursing and caring, Sociology: death and dying
Synopsis
A compassionate guide to navigating the emotional and practical realities of supporting a loved one at life’s end.When faced with a loved one’s serious illness, many families find themselves overwhelmed, uncertain, and afraid. In this compassionate guide, hospice nurse and educator Maureen Groden, RN, offers a sympathetic and deeply human glimpse into one of life’s most challenging passages.Groden shares true stories of families navigating the final chapter of a loved one’s life to explain the universal emotions, decisions, and realizations that emerge during the dying process. Listeners meet families like their own—grappling with fear, love, sorrow, and strength—while learning how the health care system works when a family member is seriously ill, what decisions they may need to make, and how to care for their loved ones. These powerful accounts offer expert guidance and practical insights that help readers prepare for what lies ahead. Groden provides clarity and comfort while explaining symptom management, hospice services, and the subtle, poignant ways that families and loved ones can say goodbye.This thoughtful guide invites listeners to see that although death brings undeniable sorrow, it can also deepen bonds, cultivate resilience, and offer moments of profound beauty. This book is a steady, reassuring companion for anyone facing the uncertainties of end-of-life care—an essential resource for families seeking understanding, courage, and peace.
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