How to Save a Life
When the clock runs out of promises, hospice bets everything on this — the art of making each moment matter.
What is quality of life?
This former “Grey’s Anatomy” heartthrob turned grief advocate created a center for those facing cancer, caregiving, and loss.
Who is Patrick Dempsey?
This Swiss psychiatrist mapped the “five stages” of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
Who is Elisabeth Kübler-Ross?
In this animated classic, a young lion learns that a father's death can echo far beyond the savannah — and far beyond childhood.
What is the Lion King?
Not just for final chapters, this kind-hearted branch of medicine steps in early — rewriting the story long before the last page.
What is Palliative Care?
Raising awareness after his wife’s passing, this iconic broadcaster brought hospice conversations into America's living rooms.
Who is Tom Brokaw?
This type of grief, often unrecognized by society, can follow losses like divorce, pet death, or miscarriage.
What is disenfranchised grief?
In a film where death itself takes human form, Brad Pitt reminds audiences that when the reaper knocks, he might just bring ice cream.
What is Meet Joe Black?
On the hospice team, this soul-soother may carry no stethoscope, but their medicine is hope, meaning, and sometimes just silent company.
What is a Chaplain?
This beloved comedian, who battled Lewy Body Dementia, left behind a legacy of laughter — and new conversations about mental health at end-of-life.
Who is Robin Williams?
Adding a hopeful twist, David Kessler proposed this as the "sixth stage" of grief.
What is finding meaning?
She floated on a broken door while her love sank beneath the icy waves — and "I'll never let go" became one of cinema’s most famous final lies.
What is the Titanic?
True or False: In hospice care, getting better isn’t a myth — sometimes the goodbye party gets postponed.
What is True?
With trademark grace and wit, this longtime game show host turned his final season into a masterclass on living — and dying — with dignity.
Who is Alex Trebek?
Fact or Myth: Grief is something you “get over” with time, like a common cold.
What is myth?
This 1990 tearjerker made pottery romantic, love immortal, and “Unchained Melody” a bittersweet anthem of grief.
What is Ghost?