by KathyKastner | May 29, 2018 | Blog, Kathy Kastner
Medically Assisted Dying When medical assistance in dying – MAID (also referred to as Medically Assisted Dying – MAD and Physician Assisted Dying – PAD ) was just a twinkle in eye in most of North America, I began my layman’s journey into learning...
by KathyKastner | May 7, 2018 | Blog
Best Mattress and Sleep Positions for Elders Guest post: Sarah Cummings, The Sleep Advisor We need less sleep as we get older. Everyone knows that right? Wrong! Completely and utterly wrong. The myth that the need to sleep drops as we advance in years is one of those...
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...
