The Death Doula Diaries

Part One: When hospice failed us, we turned to alternative care and my dying mother is more at peace than ever

Lonna Whiting
4 min readApr 1, 2022

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My mom’s been living with early-onset Alzheimer’s since she was about 58 but wasn’t diagnosed until age 61.

Since then, we’ve gone through all the stages and progressions and plateaus, the aggressions, mood changes…

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Lonna Whiting

Writer, Alzheimer’s Slayer and promoter of alcohol-free living