Winter Reflections and Greetings from Life and Death Matters
As we move through December, I reflect on the past year and wonder what the new year may bring. I am grateful, and at Life and Death Matters, we are grateful, for all the opportunities we had to connect with people – in person – especially in the past few months. It was wonderful to […]
5 Orders for Nurses to Request for the Last Days and Hours
Changes to medical orders at end-of-life are essential to supporting the person’s comfort through dying.
3 Tips for Educators to Support PSWs to Talk Comfortably About Dying and Death
Personal Support Workers (PSWs)1 are the caregivers with the most contact time with the person and family – and are informally acknowledged as “the eyes and ears of the health care team.” In this role, PSWs are most likely to be asked to talk with family about their loved one’s dying and death. When PSWs […]
Six Easy Strategies to Open Space for Teaching Palliative Care
“I must define the course in a way more engaging than engorging, countering my tendency to inundate students with data, and allowing them instead to encounter the subject, each other, and themselves. “I must provide readings with substance that students need to know, but with gaps in which students can think their own thoughts – […]
