Reflections from Ontario
Ted and I have been travelling for the past week and have packed a lot into a short period of time! We attended the PSNO PSW Conference 2014 in Markham, ON on October 21st. It was wonderful to meet 300+ personal support workers! One PSW, Derek, spoke about his work in hospice palliative care and highlighted […]
Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers Coming Soon!
Well we couldn’t be more tickled that the new text, Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers, and companion workbook, will be available for purchase in just a couple of weeks! ** Update: The Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers text and workbook were released in January 2015 For all […]
20th International Conference on Palliative Care
On September 9, 2014 I was lucky enough to be able to attend the 20th International Congress on Palliative Care in Montreal, QC. There were so many fabulous speakers and I wanted to share some of the take-a-ways from the Congress with you. Dr. Tom Hutchinson led the one day pre conference workshop titled “Whole Person Care […]
The quality of death — Ranking end-of-life care across the world
Today is International Hospice Palliative Care Day. A fascinating report published in 2010 ranked 40 countries on how they provide end-of-life care. Nations were scored in four categories including the end of life health care environment, available of end of life care, cost of the care and quality of the experience. Canada ranked 9th overall. […]
