08/29/2011
Hi all, I am sharing a great documentary series titled “Life before Death”. Please have a look at them! Dear Kath, I wanted to introduce you to the LIFE Before Death documentary project, a new advocacy initiative broadly about pain control and palliative care around the world. We are currently releasing 50 Short Films (one
Read More08/08/2011
We were driving our ancient VW van through the mountains of central Mexico. I begged my dear hubby to sing to me, “Please Ted, PLEASE, sing me just one song.” He turns to me, smiles and sings, “Old Faithful, we’ve roamed the range together, when the round up days are over, there’ll be pastures full
Read More08/04/2011
This morning I walked with my dear colleague Janice Robinson. Janice is a Nurse Practitioner. She is passionate about providing excellent care and passionate about furthering education regarding unique aspects of Dying with Dementia! Janice is bright, brilliant, energetic, high energy, and committed to work! Today we walked through the fields, down to the beach,
Read More07/28/2011
I used to think that all dying people should be registered with a hospice organization, receive Cadillac services, and die supported by the specialty care team. Over the past few years I have been intrigued by the work of Palliative Care Australia (PCA). PCA suggests that the majority of the dying can and will be
Read More06/30/2011
Good morning! I received an email this morning from a dear colleague from Hood College whose goal is to help bridge the apparent gap between the hospice palliative care world and the gerontology world. Kim asked for the names of a few articles, a few leaders who have helped to develop my understanding of gerontology,
Read More03/12/2011
In June of 2006 Fiona Sudbury the Director of Care at Broadmead Lodge in Victoria asked me to help them prepare a course on “Dying with Dementia”. I remember well saying to Fiona that the gerontology community, the hospice palliative care community, and I personally were not ready to write that course. After a few
Read More02/23/2011
A study published last summer in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that patients with non-small-cell lung cancer who received palliative care early after diagnosis had a better quality of life and lived longer than those who received standard care. These patients also received less aggressive care. This research has received much publicity in
Read More12/31/2010
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
Read More12/10/2010
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
Read More12/10/2010
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
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