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Where does the doctor fit in? When is a third party useful?

What does it cost families to wait?

Language matters a lot in this. What words should families never use?

What do you say to the parent who says flatly, I am not going to a home?

Families think they are helping by taking things over. Why does that backfire?

How should a family invite a parent to tour without it feeling like a trap?

How do you handle siblings who disagree with each other?

Talk about asking rather than telling. What does that sound like in practice?

What is the worst way to open the conversation?

What do you wish every family knew before they started this conversation?

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