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’...
by KathyKastner | Feb 12, 2014 | Blog, Personal Decisions
We’ve been sending off our loved (or not so loved) ones since the beginning of time. While our End is always the same (dead is dead, however the end may have come) the rites, rituals and traditions take on as many different forms as there are cultures. Long-standing...
by KathyKastner | Jan 16, 2014 | Blog, Inspiration, Medical Decisions
Veteran Jim Cooper came to Palliative Care to die. Instead, he got 6 years of life. For many, Palliative Care is a scary term: it equals dying and death. Few who feel this way would think of admitting themselves to a Palliative Care Program. But that’s...
