World Compassionate Communities Day – Introducing Frankie!
November 1st 2024 is World Compassionate Communities Day. Myself – Kath Murray – and my aunt Frankie Public Health Palliative Care International introduced the concept of “Compassionate Communities,” which promotes a social approach to dying, death, and bereavement woven into the fabric of everyday life. The aim is to raise community awareness of end-of-life issues, […]
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day – celebrating with free access to the LDM digital Spanish palliative care text –
Kath Murray and Maria Salas – Mexico City 2019
Continuing Bonds: Journey Through Grief
I love to think of grief as a normal, healthy, whole person response by which we adapt to life without the person/loved one, physically present. Years ago, Freud taught that grief should have an end, and that end included, a severed connection with the deceased. I’m grateful we have moved from this perspective! And then, […]
Congratulations to Michelle McInnes on receiving the Frances Montgomery HPC PSW Award!!
This is the week that Ontario celebrates PSWs! Anyone who knows me knows that I value, respect, and stand in awe of Personal Support Workers and their role as essential members of the health care team. There is no where that this is more obvious than in hospice and palliative care! I love the stories […]
