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The Plan Now, Die Later—Peacefully Series of Videos

  1. A Living Will for Alzheimer's Dementia: it's easy and effective. (Why consider the Natural Dying — Living Will. 11 minutes)
  2. Prevent lingering in Advanced Dementia; unbearable pain & suffering; futile hospitalization-in 2min. (A physician expresses a clinical opinion hat emergency department physicians and clinicians responding to emergencies—911, 999, 112—can access rapidly.) (coming soon)
  3. To Prevent Prolonged Dying & Pain in Alzheimer's Dementia & Terminal Illnesses: I. Challenges to Natural Dying
  4. To Prevent Prolonged Dying & Pain in Alzheimer's Dementia & Terminal Illnesses: II. Strategies for Natural Dying
  5. To Prevent Prolonged Dying & Pain in Alzheimer's Dementia & Terminal Illnesses: For UK residents.
  6. WHEN WE DIE: Does Physician Assisted Suicide/Dying Always Mean Dying is Timely? (Interactive; uses excerpts from Sir Terry Pratchett's video, "Choosing to Die.")
  7. MyLastWishes.org: To Rapidly inform & Convince Clinicians to HONOR Emergency Orders and Known Wishes. A way to display & retrieve clinical and strategic forms, and play videos of you and your physician. (Currently a "private video" that must be requested.)
  8. For a Living Will that is Effective for Advanced Dementia & Terminal Illnesses, sort "My Way Cards". A Diligent way to express end–of–life wishes and to prove that your mind was "sound." (15min)
  9. For a Living Will Effective for Dementia & Terminal Illnesses, Sort natural Dying Living Will Cards. A Diligent way to express end–of–life wishes and to prove that your mind was "sound." (15min)
  10. Making hard End-of-Life Decisions for Your Loved One: Can All Agree by Sorting Natural Dying Cards? The method introduced has tow goals: to make the same decision the patient would, and to reduce the stress of loved ones/decision–makers. (11 min.)
  11. FASTING — A Legal, Peaceful Way to AVoid a Prolonged Dying with Pain and Suffering. Recorded AS Dr. Terman's personal fast ended. Shows how to relieve thirst. Includes a clip from TV's "Boston Legal." (2007: 25min)
  12. At the Bedside of a Peaceful Transition. A loving partner's point of view. (2008; 11min)
  13. Toward an Iron Clad Strategy for Dementia Presentation in Toronto. (2006; 53 min.)
  14. Peter Saul: Let's talk about dying
  1. A Living Will for Alzheimer's Dementia: it's easy and effective.
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: June 19, 2011
    • Resources: links and information as referenced in the video
  2. To Prevent Prolonged Dying and Pain in Dementia and Terminal Illnesses: I. Challenges to Natural Dying
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: December 2011
  3. To Prevent Prolonged Dying and Pain in Dementia and Terminal Illnesses: II. Strategies for Natural Dying
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: December 2011
  4. WHEN WE DIE: Does Physician Assisted Suicide/Dying Always Mean Dying is Timely
  5. If you want Natural Dying for Advanced Alzheimer's, what challenges must you overcome?
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: coming soon
  6. How to sort My Way Cards for a Natural Dying--Living Will.
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: coming soon
  7. Fasting: A Legal Peaceful Way to Avoid a Prolonged Dying
    • 25 minutes long
    • Was recorded at the end of Dr. Terman's 5-day fast from food and fluid, and includes a discussion of the social context of Natural Dying
    • If the video loads slowly, pause and allow it to download before playing. The full screen button is on the bottom right of the player window.



  8. At The Bedside of a Peaceful Transition
    • Vivian Griffin is an exceptional woman whose personal strength permitted her to transcend some challenging experiences.
    • Many years ago her first husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About ten years later her second husband died by refusing food and fluid. Eight days before she agreed to this interview you are about to view, her sweetheart died, also by refusing food and fluid. Vivian's personal strength gave her the resilience to overcome loss and to love again. Today, as she is so generous as to extend her effort to educate others on what her husband and her sweetheart demonstrated to her to be a legal and peaceful way to say goodbye.
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    • Vivian's description of Allen's Peaceful Transition is typical AFTER people fall asleep. She continued to provide comfort care to his mouth even though he was sleeping. Most patients remain alert for several days prior to falling asleep.
    • For those patients, we offer an assortment of agents in our Thirst Reduction Aid Kit(TRAK). Different products accommodate variations in needs and tastes.
  9. MyLastWishes.org—A new, digital solution that works with “smart” cell phones
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: coming soon
  10. Trusting Circles for our Ultimate Transitions
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: November 6, 2006
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  11. Toward an Iron Clad Strategy for Dementia
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: September 7, 2006
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  12. Five Wishes + 2
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: July 9, 2006
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  13. Physicians Orders to Permit Natural Dying®
    • Speaker: Stanley A. Terman, Ph.D., M.D.
    • Date: March 10, 2008
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  14. Peter Saul: Let's talk about dying
    • Speaker: Dr. Peter Saul
    • Date: Nov. 2011
    • We can't control if we'll die, but we can "occupy death," in the words of Dr. Peter Saul. At TEDxNewy he calls on us to make clear our preferences for end of life care -- and suggests two questions for starting the conversation.
      Over the past 35 years Peter Saul has been intimately involved in the dying process for over 4,000 patients. He is passionate about improving the ways we die. Full bio »