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 […]
Never in recorded history have human beings died as they will die in this coming century…
Did you know that never in recorded history have human beings died as they will die in this coming century? Death by chronic illness, changing demographics, increased period of time requiring care, decreased caregivers… The good bad and ugly of death and the internet… Death midwives, home funerals, green burial… Baby Boomers are aging! Do […]
Why is palliative care education in Long Term Care important?
Fabulous research by Brazil et al. Did you know?…. *In Canada, 75% of all deaths occur in people over 65 years of age, and 75% of these deaths take place in hospitals and LTC homes (Subcommittee to Update ‘Of Life and Death’, 2000). Recent estimates for the USA reveal that approximately 20% of all deaths […]
Teaching Self-Care to the Teacher
I found that at the end of teaching I felt quite disheveled (looking like Charlie Brown’s friend PigPen) and felt tired, impatient and irritable. Literally out of steam. Not really the best way to finish off a class, let alone prepare for the next class. How about you? How do you feel at the end […]
