Reflections from Ontario
Ted and I have been travelling for the past week and have packed a lot into a short period of time! We attended the PSNO PSW Conference 2014 in Markham, ON on October 21st. It was wonderful to meet 300+ personal support workers! One PSW, Derek, spoke about his work in hospice palliative care and highlighted […]
Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers Coming Soon!
Well we couldn’t be more tickled that the new text, Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers, and companion workbook, will be available for purchase in just a couple of weeks! ** Update: The Integrating a Palliative Approach: Essentials for Personal Support Workers text and workbook were released in January 2015 For all […]
And the iPAD winnner is……????
Martina Jol, from Hamilton Ontario won the iPAD!! Martina is an instructor in the Personal Support Worker (PSW) program at Everest College. Congratulations Martina! Thank you to everyone that completed the survey. The feedback you provided will guide us as we revise the Essentials Resources. Are you interested in completing an interview? We would like […]
“Don't let “End of Life Care” become “End of Road Care” – Integrate Palliative Education!
End of life care. What does it mean? Does it refer to care in the last days, the last weeks, or the last years? What type of care is provided by an end of life care program? Is it holistic? Patient and family centered? What are the program goals, criteria, expectations? In the past decade […]
