by KathyKastner | Feb 19, 2018 | Blog, Personal Stories
Of the three siblings, Ricky – the sole daughter – was closest to her mother, Anna. “When my marriage ended, my kids and I lived with my mother. We all adored her.” In the last three years of her life Anna- who died at age 91 – was beset by Dementia. “It was more than...
by KathyKastner | Feb 19, 2018 | Blog, Personal Stories
“My mother was ‘dying’ for about 10 years – with her sickness, she seemed often on the brink of death, and then she’d rally. We’d all said our goodbyes a number of times. But on the day she actually died, my father was in her bed, his arm around her, holding on to...
by KathyKastner | Mar 18, 2017 | Blog, Kathy Kastner, Personal Decisions
“It quite honestly surprises me (the new kid on the block) that there aren’t standard services to build Palliative Care.” Charlie Blotner, 21-year old co-founder of the tweetchat for those with brain tumours #btsm. In learning more about Palliative Care,...
by KathyKastner | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, conversations with, Medical Decisions
“Most of my healing has little to do with medicine.” “My approach has more to do with being there, listening and helping people with a different approach.” Fratkin, entrepreneur creator of Resolution Care, is a Palliative doctor whose conversations enable...
by KathyKastner | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog, Medical Decisions
“I’m going to call 911: a doctor is torturing a patient.” So said Nurse Pat Murphy to Dr Jessica Zitter – just as Zitter was about to plunge a syringe into the neck of a patient with a host of health issues. Tho the 911 call wasn’t made, it was a turning point...
