Editor’s Note: Larry Carlat, Next Avenue’s first Managing Editor, wrote a story for Esquire in 1998 called “You Are Me,” about adopting his son Robbie. Unfortunately, there was a tragic end to it. Carlat’s son took his own life nine months ago. He was… Continue reading
Ten residents slipped away from their retirement community one Sunday afternoon for a covert meeting in a grocery store cafe. They aimed to answer a taboo question: When they feel they have lived long enough, how can they carry out their own swift and … Continue reading
(This article appeared previously in Kaiser Health News. This is an abridged version of the story. Click here to see the entire story.) When Larry Anders moved into the Bay at Burlington nursing home in late 2017, he wasn’t supposed to be there long. A… Continue reading