HPNA and AAHPM Conference – Feb 16-19, 2011 in VANCOUVER!
I am delighted to announce that the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) are having their annual assembly/conference in Vancouver BC!!! My home town! (I grew up at the base of the mountains in their brochure!)) BCHPCA and the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians […]
"What is life?"
Tonight I read a note from a dear young friend Lindsay Kigueta Borrows. Lindsay is one of those individuals whose intelligence, generousity of spirit, strength and agility, gift for languages (English, Ojibway, Spanish….), beauty and kindness are blanketed and glued together by her compassion, empathy, and willingness to reach out. In her letter Lindsay quoted […]
Lost emails!… and my committment to responding to emails
I try to respond to emails within a day or two of receiving them…. This got difficult a few months ago when my computer upgrade resulted in a dozen lost emails, specifically a few emails from people I did not know. Then yesterday, as I was learning a new “smart phone”, I managed to delete […]
Pet Hospice …. What education is available?
Do you know of a hospice for pets? I received an email the other day asking if I knew of education for people providing hospice care for pets. What an incredible question! I know resources exist for pet loss, pet bereavement, pet therapy… but I have not heard of courses/programs addressing hospice for animals. Is […]
