palliative care

Having An Advocate: Critical So Your Wishes Can Be Respected

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Readers of this blog may remember  that I have been working with a wonderful woman who is now 101 years of age.  She is a ‘solo senior or elder orphan’ or simply put, a single woman who never married, never had children and at 101 years of age, has outlived all family and friends.    She is remarkable- she does not take any medications and has always followed a simple yet….

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Caregiving

Have you had the conversation yet?

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It seems as though my last few blogs have all started off with a report on COVID-19 in Long Term Care residences and the number of residents who have died. As of Sunday, May 2, 2020 there are now 170 long term care residences which have outbreaks and 954 confirmed deaths, up from 654. Last week’s blog was on having the conversation and I was going to continue this discussion….

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Caregiving, In the News

The Final Goodbye

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Further to my last week’s blog on ‘getting ready for the final scene’, my lovely 94 year old client died this past Saturday. I really can’t say it was a peaceful death as it seemed to be a very long and difficult journey. She could no longer eat or drink and as she was only 90 pounds when she entered the hospital, she seemed to have shrunk considerably. She could….

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Caregiving

A Good Life & A Good Death

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A long time client of ours passed away last week.  She was able to remain at her own home and die in her own bed.  So many of us wish, when the time comes, that we could do the same.  We know this is not the ending place that most experience. This blog is about the community team that came together to support her. Mary (not her real name) was….

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Elder Care, Funeral Planning

Going Gently Into The Good Night

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Last week was Canada’s National Hospice Palliative Care Week. So what is palliative care? Since its inception in Canada in the 1970’s, things have changed quite a bit. Only a few years ago, the term palliative care and the public’s general understanding, was that it meant the end was imminent and all proactive treatment was to be stopped. Patients would hear the term ‘palliative care’ and it would mean less….

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