Confronting Our Death Denying Culture
Dying is a part of living. We will all experience it ourselves and we will all lose someone we love. Find out how you can confront our death denying culture in this week's podcast.
Receiving Care in a Hospice Residence
A hospice residence is a home away from home where people come to live their final days. When a person enters a hospice residence, it allows their family to hand over all the intricate details associated with pain and symptom management and focus on being a family member or friend.
Starting Difficult Conversations About End of Life Planning
Difficult conversations - the phrase says it all. There are some topics in life that are difficult to approach. End of life planning is one of them. Learn how to start the sometimes difficult conversation about advance care planning with the people closest to you in this week's Changing Lives Podcast episode.
How To Prepare For A Good End Of Life
Death is not something we need to fear. In fact, many people are able to die well because they think about it and plan for it ahead of time. Learn more about how to prepare for a good end of life in this week's Changing Lives Podcast.
Death Doulas Provide Comfort at End of Life
Just as a birth doula advocates for and cares for mothers in their pregnancy and birth journey, death doulas advocate for and care for the dying in their final days and death journey. While the health care team attends to needs of the body, a death doula attends to the needs of the spirit and mind, and to the practical needs of both the client and their loved ones.
Demands of Caregiving on Older Adults
Caregiving is often a physically, not to mention emotionally demanding job. For those who are aging, this can have an even greater negative impact on health and general well-being than on younger caregivers.
Receiving Care in a Hospice Residence
A hospice residence is a home away from home where people come to live their final days. When a person enters a hospice residence, it allows their family to hand over all the intricate details associated with pain and symptom management and focus on being a family member or friend.
Guilt and Caregiving
At Hospice Quinte we meet, and talk to, a lot of people who have become family caregivers for loved ones who are facing a terminal illness. We hear a lot of stories and many of these involve emotions such as sadness, hope, exhaustion, happiness, grace, despair, longing, love, and even anger. Yet, perhaps, the common emotion we hear about is guilt.
Confronting Our Death Denying Culture
Dying is a part of living. We will all experience it ourselves and we will all lose someone we love. Find out how you can confront our death denying culture in this week's podcast.