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 […]
“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 […]
Joy Berger – MusicoftheSoul.com
I met Joy at the ADEC conference in Miami in the late spring. She is bright, energetic, brainy, AND to top that all off, she sings – and she loves to sing. Her book, ‘Music of the Soul” links with her website of the same name. Check out the site if you want to understand […]
