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 […]
How to Provide Comfort, Understanding, and Support for the Dying Person and Their Family in the Last Days and Hours
We are writing this blog post as an introduction to the care of people in their last days and hours. Our hope is that as compassionate communities continue to grow around the world, that neighbourhoods, circles of friends, and family will feel stronger and more able to meet the needs of those who are dying. […]
