NEWS & ARTICLES FROM LIFE & DEATH MATTERS
Today I met with a wonderful group of Health Care Assistant students from Capilano University. In preparation for the time together they sent me a
In July 2021 we invited PSWs (HCAs/CCAs) to identify their top five concerns. Their responses: Preventing compassion fatigue and burnout. Dealing with grief associated with
Submitted by Kassey M. June 2021, reflecting on her grief while working in Long Term Care during COVID Grief is an understandable reaction to loss.
Deaths from COVID-19 are approaching 3 million world-wide. Much of the discussion about ethical issues has centered around the availability of ventilators, but little has
On Monday, Dr David Kenneth Wright spoke during the “FREE WEBINAR SERIES for PSWs about providing care during COVID. I was touched by the stories
Did You Know? 40% of PSWs leave within one year of training. For every 10 people who graduate, 4 of those leave the profession in the first year.
In an article titled, “There is no vaccine for grief” Maxine Rattner and Marney Thompson write, “While grief itself isn’t a mental-health condition, unsupported grief can turn
Several years ago I was inspired as I read writings from Stephen Post and Thomas Kitwood defining love in dementia care. “Love within the context
I wrote this reflection on Jan 31 ,2020, a year and a week after our son Geordie died, At this one year mark, I
Hello and welcome to December! In the past months, summer and camping came to an end and the 2nd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic flourished.
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