Caring for the Whole Child: Insights into Pediatric Palliative Practice
This October at Life and Death Matters, we’re shining a spotlight on pediatric palliative care. Care for children and youths with life-limiting conditions that blends clinical excellence with profound compassion. Whether you’re a PSW offering bedside comfort or a nurse coordinating care, your role in supporting these children is vital. What is Pediatric Palliative Care? […]
A Palliative Approach to Alzheimer’s Dementia: Meeting Uncertainty with Compassion
Each September, World Alzheimer’s Month invites us to reflect on the realities of dementia. It’s a time to raise awareness, challenge stigma, and ask how we can better support people through the long, uncertain journey of cognitive decline. For you as Personal Support Workers, and other members of the health care team, this may be […]
Making Time Matter: A Palliative Perspective on Presence, Connection, and Legacy
In palliative care, time can be understood in two ways. Clock time – the hours and minutes measured in schedules and calendars, and temporality – how people experience their time. For those living with serious illnesses, time becomes both fragile and profound. Caregivers and families who walk alongside them may feel this too. As explored […]
Big News, Time to Celebrate – or Hide our Heads in the Sand?
We almost missed this incredible date!!! July 1st – the date almost past without realizing that it had come and gone!!! We have known for years that this will happen – and it has happened. On July 1st, the eldest of the Canadian Baby Boomers started to reach the age of their average life expectancy. For […]
