Death Education Available in Movies too
Movies Can Provide Death Education While looking for Pam Fitzgerald on the web, I came across a brilliant short video about grief, living with death, and our ongoing connections with our loved ones. In this video, clips of two movies, Last Orders (2001) and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) highlight the wishes of […]
Winter – A time for Self-Care and Reflection?
Everyone needs self-care Last week I received a newsletter from someone I knew 30+ years ago. It was interesting to read a message that I have shared in different words,(not nearly as poetic! ) about the need for self-care in our lives. An excerpt from David’s email: “Pushed by ceaseless demands from all directions, it’s […]
“Give so Victoria Hospice can keep giving” Hospice is in need of funds….
In my late twenties we moved to Victoria and I was hired to work with Victoria Hospice. It was at Victoria Hospice that I learned about disease management, symptom management, and the dying process. I learned about being with the dying, about listening and silence, about loss and grief. I learned that some of the […]
A few highlights from the CHPCA conference
A few highlights of the CHPCA conference in Ottawa….. 1. Rubbing shoulders with colleagues from across the country.. 2. Co-presenting “Food the Four letter “F” Word in End of Life Care” with Dr. Josh Shadd! It was so much more fun to do this presentation after another editing and deleting of slides, and having Josh […]
