Celebrating the Hearts and Hands of Health Care Workers
October is the month for several provinces to honour the health care workers across Canada. I like to quote Shakespeare who said that “a rose by any other name still smells as sweet.” and a health care worker, a personal support worker, a health care assistant, by any other name is a fabulous and important […]
Refuel… pull out the picnic blanket and enjoy some nature
It is normal that caring for the dying will touch you and change you. As Rachel Naomi Remen says, The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet. Kitchen Table Wisdom, […]
THE DEATH PROFITEERS – My reflections
In this article journalist Ben Hallman investigates concerns that American for profit hospices market their services inaccurately to person’s requiring care and their families, push to register them for the hospice program even when they do not meet the criteria, provide care that is inappropriate, and hasten death….. I could spend a day responding to […]
Care4You conference in Kingston
Last week I attended the Care4You conference in Kingston. Francois Mathieu is Canada’s lead in addressing compassion fatigue. Seated around “my” table were men and women who respond to a variety of crises, work in correction services, a beautiful young woman who brings “camp” to kids in hospital with cancer, a woman who teaches/leads LAUGHTER YOGA (gotta love […]
