NEWS & ARTICLES FROM LIFE & DEATH MATTERS
To be honest, I never thought I would become an academic.
We know that all healthcare providers need to meet the basic competencies for integrating a palliative approach into care. Developing some of those competencies is
As if we needed another reason to hug one another, did you know that January 21st is International Hugging Day? Get your arm stretches in now!
Palliative care, dying, death, and caring for a dying person are topics that many people are not familiar with and may prefer to avoid. We
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
Guest Blog developed in collaboration with Jessica Knox, A Balanced Body. “If my body can learn dysregulated ways of coping, it could also learn healthy
The most common questions from Canadians, “palliative care versus [any other treatment or care].”
Ted and I travelled this past June to the Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge in Northern France and the Flanders Museum in Ypres in Belgium.
Ontario developed the “Fixing Long-Term Care Act” in response to the crisis in long-term care (LTC) that occurred during COVID. They promise to enforce adherence.
Changes to medical orders at end-of-life are essential to supporting the person’s comfort through dying.
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