The 7th Annual Night for All Souls at Mountain View Cemetery – Vancouver BC
The City of Vancouver (BC) owns and operates Mountain View Cemetery. Each year, for the past 7 yeras, they have celebrated All Souls night at the cemetery. Complete with music, candles, flowers, opening prayer at sundown, supplies to create a memorial…. This is apparently a wonderful event. I wish I was able to attend! October […]
Food the Four Letter Word in End of Life Care – presentation at Tigh Na Mara Resort October 29 2011
I am looking forward to meeting with the Vancouver Island Hospice Societies on Saturday at Tigh Na Mara resort in Parksville. Attached is the handout for those who are attending the session titled “Food the Four Letter Word in End of Life Care”. We will discuss anorexia and cachexia, current research, and resources for sharing […]
Tell me what you think – Does palliative care "fit" in acute care hospitals?
What is your perception of palliative care in an acute care setting? Does it belong? Is it possible to provide palliative care in a setting that emphasizes curative treatments? If you believe that palliative care doesn’t fit in acute care settings, then you are not alone. The following quote summarizes the responses of health care […]
New dimensions in palliative care: a palliative approach to …. final illness in older people
Article by Linda J Kristjanson, Christine Toye and Sky Dawson published in 2003, cites the importance of a palliative approach when caring for those with neurodegenerative diseases as well as elderly people dying from diseases other than cancer. “A palliative care approach has much to offer people in the advanced stages of neurodegenerative diseases, as […]
