by KathyKastner | Dec 14, 2014 | Featured
“They both died young, but they’d accepted death” Rodger Harding’s mom died of colon cancer, his father 3 years later of emphysema. “They both died young – 61 and 69 – but because they’d both accepted that they were dying, it took away the terror –...
by KathyKastner | Apr 5, 2014 | Blog
Long Term Care and Retirement Communities Conference Two of the themes of Together We Care, the conference on the future of Long Term Care and Retirement Communities: Passion in health, and passion for health. Keynote, Paul Alofs is the CEO of one of the top 5 Cancer...
by KathyKastner | Apr 5, 2014 | Blog, Inspiration
Long Term Care and Retirement Communities Conference: Together We Care Canadian Astronaut, Commander Chris Hadfield, showed his chops as a stand-up comedian at the Together We Care: Long Term Care and Retirement Communities Conference. “There is no bad situation that...
by KathyKastner | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog, Inspiration, Personal Decisions
Guest blogger, Zal Press, created Patient Commando to give patients’ stories a ‘voice’. Pictured here in his ‘teach about Crohn’s’ lab coat, he shares his thoughts on ont of Best Endings topics: Who’s important to you? Who’s...
by KathyKastner | Feb 17, 2014 | Blog, Information, Medical Decisions
Dying, death and the evasive language we use Euphemisms for dying and death abound. But what about the words used when telling someone – anyone – that death is near (‘near’ being a relative term). You’re dying may be the hardest words – right up there with ‘I’m sorry’...
