I picked up this book because I liked its title and cover. The subject of caregiving is becoming increasingly important in our society. Low birth rates are a problem, and childcare has been improving in many ways, but care for older people seems to have made little progress. As life expectancy increases, families inevitably face deeper concerns when there is no social care system in place. The author has a mother who needs care, and, as a doctor of Korean medicine at a nursing hospital, the

A title like this makes us think more deeply about life and death. Time to form our own thoughts about what life is and what death is comes through reflecting on the deaths of people around us, which recur just when we are about to forget. Seeing the death of someone other than myself can make me and us crave life and act as if death has nothing to do with us, but we come to realize that this is absolutely not the case. Since we were born human, the fear of the death that will someday come to

Even an hour after the guardians were contacted to say that the patient was critically ill, no one had appeared. When we are born, someone—our mother, grandmother, a doctor, nurse, or midwife—is watching over us. A death with no one there to watch over us is silent, lonely, and hollow. With the final sound of the heart on the electrocardiogram, such a patient leaves this world alone. This loneliness, this isolation, of having no one come to see them is indescribably desolate. (-29) 4. Genetic

Through this book, I find myself looking back and thinking quite seriously about the strange emotions and the reality of the life we live. The content expressed in the book, the author's background, and the advice about experience and practical matters are all presented appropriately, so it feels weighty. In particular, those who have directly provided care will likely face the feelings of patients, who may have great frustration and a sense of loss, as well as the many unspoken circumstances

"If Today Were the Last Day of Your Life" prompts serious reflection on life and death in South Korea, which has entered a super-aged society. Drawing on the experiences of writer Kim Seon-young, who worked for more than a decade at a long-term care hospital, and writer Kim Young-oh, who devoted himself to health supplement research, the book offers various stories and practical guidance on how to prepare for and meet life's final moments. It discusses how to accept death as a part of life

As the elderly population of South Korea grows, many people are working at nursing and care facilities. I am reviewing the story by writer Kim Seon-young, who spent more than a decade working at a long-term care hospital, a place where one can see many deaths in a super-aged society, meeting many patients and witnessing their final moments, and the book "If Today Were the Last Day of Your Life" by writers Kim Seon-young and Kim Young-oh. If today were our last day, we would start thinking of