"Lighten up to Learn" – Lesson from Nepal
Each day is an adventure. What a blessing to go to Bharatpur with Dr Fraser Black, and to witness the effects of the Bharatpur-Hospice Victoria Twinning project. Greeted at the airport with flowers, warmth, and met Usha, one of our online students. Next day joined the team for rounds. Met Sabita and Mina (two of […]
Life Matters Too!
Interesting article from The Guardian: Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Before you go to the link and read it, write down what you think the top five regrets might be. Were there any surprises for you? Is their list different than yours? I would be interested in hearing about how your list differed from […]
Dementia, Occult and Latent Grief
Sylvia Baago and Marge Dempsey from Niagara Region, Ontario, wrote an article entitled “Occult and Latent Grief” describing the grief of caregivers caring for people with dementia. This is one of Elizabeth’s favorite articles, and I post the link for ordering it for those who are interested. https://aja.sagepub.com/content/13/2/84.abstract . If you can not access the […]
Workshops and reading lists….
We have so enjoyed presenting “Introduction to Hospice Palliative Care Workshop for Resident Care Assistants” in Victoria Jan 5,6, 2012, and “Introduction to Hospice Palliative Care Workshop for RCAs and LPNs” in Comox Jan 12,13, 2012. This week we go to Nanaimo for the final in the series of three workshops. We are looking forward […]
