by KathyKastner | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog, Inspiration
It was a day of music, arts and drama, of passion and compassion, entitled, Bringing Creativity into Clinical Practice with older adults. Bringing creativity into a Clinic Day brought relief and hope to many working with Dementia and Alzheimer’s patients. The...
by KathyKastner | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog, Inspiration
“I’m 62. I was diagnosed at 46. You do the math” Christine Bryden, Person with Dementia 16 years of living with Alzheimer’s and Christine Bryden’s making the audience of 300 laugh and cry at A Changing Melody: A learning and sharing forum for persons with Early Stage...
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 | 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...
by KathyKastner | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, Inspiration, Personal Decisions
I’m noticing new approaches to obituaries Defying a history of somber and factual, I’m seeing welcomed injections of humour – including obits written by the deceased. Before, of course. This means leaving blanks as you can see from above picture....
by KathyKastner | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog, Inspiration, Personal Decisions
When Karen Greve Young gave me the hot-off-the press copy of ‘Love you so much: a shared memoir’ she explained: “Sometime into my mother’s treatment for ovarian cancer, we decided we wanted to do something meaningful.” Told by both daughter and mother, the title of...
