/tags/death death en-US Copyright Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:46:32 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-03-13/a-death-doula-keeps-legacies-alive-in-rural-oregon Birth doulas who help mothers through delivery are well known. But there’s a growing movement of end-of-life or death doulas. They can be especially helpful for isolated, older residents in rural areas. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:46:32 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-03-13/a-death-doula-keeps-legacies-alive-in-rural-oregon Justin Higginbottom /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-08-24/the-forest-offers-green-burial-in-southern-oregon A cemetery often evokes images of mahogany coffins, ornate headstones and embalmed bodies. That’s not the case for The Forest Conservation Burial Ground, the first burial ground in Oregon that is completely dedicated to green burials. JPR's Sophia Prince recently took a tour ... Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:59:21 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-08-24/the-forest-offers-green-burial-in-southern-oregon Sophia Prince /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-06/the-many-emotions-involved-in-grieving It's become something of dogma that grief will follow a standard trajectory: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. But it's entirely… Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:23:51 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-06/the-many-emotions-involved-in-grieving The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /environment-energy-and-transportation/2019-12-17/oregons-first-modern-natural-burial-ground-could-open-this-spring An organic farm outside Ashland plans to open the Oregon’s first modern natural burial ground this spring.The Willow-Witt Ranch grows vegetables for local… Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:15:37 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2019-12-17/oregons-first-modern-natural-burial-ground-could-open-this-spring April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-09-17/the-art-of-music-for-the-end-of-life-in-a-film-touring-the-region Will you hear music when you die? Forget the after-life implications, that's an Earth-bound question. And the answer is yes, if you want it. ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½â€¦ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 17:36:27 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-09-17/the-art-of-music-for-the-end-of-life-in-a-film-touring-the-region The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-07-30/southern-oregon-ranch-embraces-green-burial Have you thought much about what will happen to your body when you die? In this time of increasing interest in green burials, there are alternatives to… Tue, 30 Jul 2019 16:42:31 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-07-30/southern-oregon-ranch-embraces-green-burial The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-10/bringing-people-back-from-the-heart-of-grieving We don't have to like death, but we do have to accept it. Any life will include some grief, and that's why WinterSpring exists. The Medford-based… Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:24:07 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-06-10/bringing-people-back-from-the-heart-of-grieving The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-20/enhancing-the-quality-of-your-own-death We don't like to think about death. And that's a problem when the event approaches and we've made no plans. It takes some advance thinking to stay healthy… Wed, 20 Feb 2019 18:40:33 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-02-20/enhancing-the-quality-of-your-own-death The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-02-09/choosing-how-we-leave-this-world Even the happiest life can end in a hospital bed, lit by fluorescent lights. Which is not how most people say they would like to go. So speak up now, says… Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:29:02 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-02-09/choosing-how-we-leave-this-world Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-01-17/beyond-afterlife-heavens-on-earth It gives some people great comfort to think that they will see their long-gone loved ones again, in another place. Michael Shermer is not inclined to… Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:48:53 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-01-17/beyond-afterlife-heavens-on-earth Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich