Music Therapy in Hospice and Palliative Care | Gwen’s Story
Guest blog post by Jennifer Buchanan of JB Music Therapy – a Canadian company based in Calgary, Alberta. “Our mission at JB Music Therapy is to transform lives through excellence in clinical practice and education by bringing music into the foreground. JBMT has been providing music therapy services since 1991. We offer personalized programs for individuals coping with […]
Reflections on the 4th International Public Health & Palliative Care Conference 2015
In May 2015 I attended the Public Health and Palliative Care conference in Bristol, England. There were approximately 180 people who attended from around the globe. There were many inspiring and innovative ideas for death education and death literacy, and many messages about compassionate communities providing care for the dying. I found the following thoughts quite profound: […]
Three Big Reasons to Talk Now About Dying
[written by guest blogger Ann-Marie Gilbert] A few weeks ago the CBC dedicated an hour of their news show “The Current” to talking about end of life care. On the heels of the news coverage surrounding Brittany Maynard’s right to die, it seems appropriate to talk about death, dying, quality of life and dying with […]
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 […]