THE DEATH PROFITEERS – My reflections
In this article journalist Ben Hallman investigates concerns that American for profit hospices market their services inaccurately to person’s requiring care and their families, push to register them for the hospice program even when they do not meet the criteria, provide care that is inappropriate, and hasten death….. I could spend a day responding to […]
Dr Samir Sinha – presented at the Hospice Palliative Care Ontario Conference
With our aging demographics, it is vital that we prepare a health care system to provide the care that will be needed. Ontario politicians suggest that Ontario is the best place to live and the best place to grow old. Dr Samir Sinha presented the Ontario Seniors Strategy at the Hospice Palliative Care Ontario conference last […]
When professional becomes personal… I am a family caregiver
I am a person, wife, mother, daughter and friend. I am a hospice palliative care nurse and educator. I am owner and director of Life and Death Matters. My mother has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, with a prognosis of months. Once again I am a family caregiver. At Life and Death Matters we […]
iPANEL research is worth following!
The iPANEL (Initiative for a Palliative Approach in Nursing: Evidence and Leadership) research team led a symposium on integrating a Palliative Approach in nursing education this week in Kelowna. I was honoured to be invited and thrilled to share airspace with some of my heroes in nursing practice, research and education. Go to the iPANEL […]
