by KathyKastner | Aug 30, 2015 | Blog, Information
Jack Pinkus in action at Baycrest Jack Pinkus, retired pharmacist with 17 years on the Board on the Ontario Pharmacists Association opened his educational session at Baycrest by exploding the following myths: • Age will inevitably bring illness • Damage is already...
by KathyKastner | Aug 23, 2015 | Blog, Kathy Kastner
Which came first: hospitals or patients? Although filled to the brim with patients, hospitals were created to support doctors, not us patients. Historically, their organizational structure focused on doctors’ needs and doctors’ requirements. The concept of centering...
by KathyKastner | Aug 9, 2015 | Blog, Inspiration, Personal Stories
Dealing with grief and End of Life as a Personal Support Worker Guest Post by Natrice Rese It’s something that you are prepared for as a student. It is understood that as a caregiver, a PSW, you will maintain a distance, a separation, a formal kind of...
by KathyKastner | Aug 8, 2015 | Blog, Information
Staying Alive: what more of us want to do “The share of the public that says doctors and nurses should do everything possible to save a patient’s life has gone up 9 percentage points since 2005 and 16 points since 1990. From Pew Research Center forum “Views on End...
by KathyKastner | Aug 1, 2015 | Blog, Information, Medical Decisions
Donna Renzetti (left, standing) Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer at West Park Healthcare Centre came in on a Saturday to make sure there were plenty of chairs at the ready for the Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) presentation on organ...
by KathyKastner | Jul 25, 2015 | Blog, Inspiration, Kathy Kastner
With Mary Ito, host of FreshAir: celebrating after our interview on CBC Radio about what this ‘layman’ brings to conversations about end of life Click to listen: 11 minutes...
