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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR It’s about planning… When a friend, family member, acquaintance or colleague asks me – What’s it like to talk about death and dying all the time? […]

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Learn about medical aid in dying (MAiD), VSED, and other end-of-life options in this free EOLCCA Zoom webinar, including a national MAiD update, available support, and time for your questions. […]

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A Free Webinar for Hospice Professionals Tuesday, September 15, 2026 | 10–10:45 a.m. PT | Virtual via Zoom | Free Helping Hospice Teams Navigate End-of-Life Choices Hospice professionals play an […]

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Congratulations and welcome aboard to New York for becoming the 13th state to enact a Medical Aid in Dying Law! Their law went into effect on August 5. If you’d […]

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Foreword: As Artificial Intelligence becomes integrated in more and more aspects of our lives, in the below essay, Fran Moreland Johns (board member and journalist) surveys some of the ways […]

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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Practically Speaking… If you were to ask my friends and family (and perhaps the team here at End of Life Choices California!) to choose a word […]

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Photo by Melissa Cassar on Unsplash One Woman’s Story of Living – and Dying – with Bulbar Onset ALS By Fran Johns (Reprinted from her substack ‘The Optimistic Eye’) A little more than […]

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This June, End of Life Choices California celebrates 10 years since the enactment of the End of Life Option Act which legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) for eligible Californians. […]

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By Grant Affleck I have had the profound privilege of witnessing many perspectives on the vulnerability of death, supporting people through many hundreds of deaths. In my work with hospice, […]

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“Wingman – Escorting My Father to a Death with Dignity” By Daniel Zimberoff By Christine Lynch Wingman is actually two true stories in one. It’s the biography of a man […]

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EOLCCA celebrates 10 years of the End of Life Option Act this June, which legalized Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD), allowing for greater end-of-life options for terminally ill Californians. The […]

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My husband’s strong will to live led to his belief that the next round of chemo would be the one that was successful… By Christine Lynch My husband’s strong will […]

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