Heart to Heart: The Volunteer Experience
This episode features an interview with Hospice Quinte Visiting Volunteer, Sue Clements, about her personal experience of being a hospice palliative care volunteer.
Hospice Quinte Volunteer Testimonials
Volunteers are necessary for running any not-for-profit organization, and Hospice Quinte is no exception. Learn more about the integral role that volunteers play at Hospice Quinte and listen to their testimonials in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.
Helping a Friend Who is Dying
When you find out that a friend of yours is dying, you may experience a wide range of emotions. Sometimes it's difficult to know what to say, or to ask questions like "what can I do to support you?". What is too much? And what is not nearly enough? Learn more about how you can help a friend who is facing their final days, and how you can make sure they don’t do it alone, in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.
Parenting While Grieving
Death can be a difficult subject at the best of times, but for parents…dealing with grief is only one of your many tasks. So how do you do it? How do you grieve, while still being an effective parent? Learn more in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.
Heart to Heart: Preplanning Funerals
This episode features an interview with Warren Powell, Pre-Arrangement Director of Burke Funeral Home in Belleville, about the role of funeral homes and the importance of preplanning funerals.
Bereavement Support Groups
After the loss of a loved one, it’s not unusual for an individual to experience a wide range of feelings and emotions. Grief is a completely natural response to loss. It’s the emotional suffering you feel when something or someone you love is taken away. But whether we want to admit it or not, we all need some kind of support system to help us when we’re grieving. Learn about some of the benefits of attending a bereavement support group in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.
Grieving in the Second Year of a Loss
One of the questions people ask the most about losing a loved one is, “when does it get better or easier?”. The real answer is different for everyone, because no one grieves in exactly the same way, and there is no timeline for bereavement. Learn more about grieving in the second year of a loss in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.
Talking to Children About Death
Death is often a difficult subject for adults to discuss, but it becomes even harder when we need to talk to children about it. We might choose to use words that we think will make it easier for them to grasp, when in all reality we’re making it even harder for children to understand what’s really going on when someone close to them dies. Learn tips for how to talk to children about death in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.
Heart to Heart: Death Doulas
This episode features an interview with Olga Nikolajev, a death educator, and the founder and director of DyingMatters.ca, about death doulas.
Supporting a Grieving Person
When someone close to you loses a loved one, it can be hard to know how best to support them as they grieve. Learn tips on how to support a grieving friend or loved one in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.
Caregiver Support
Caregivers are individuals who provide ongoing care and assistance, without pay, to family members and friends who need support due to physical, cognitive or mental health conditions. When taking on the role of caregiver, it's important to know some of the challenges you'll be faced with and what support is available to you. Learn more in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.
A Wedding Guide for Grievers
Celebrating a wedding, while mourning the loss of a loved one, can be extremely difficult for some. No one hands you a "Wedding Guide For Grievers", so how do you get through the day, when it seems like you are suffering alone, and in silence? Learn more in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.