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Stop pathologizing! Start humanizing!

“People without dementia are not used to enforced isolation, or social and physical distancing, whilst people with dementia experience it from the day we dare to share our diagnosis.” – Kate Swaffer   Do you ever wonder about stigma and where it begins? Have you ever experienced it? How does stigma [...]

Mindful Presence
Hygiene Matters – Our 2003 SARS Experience

2002-2003 Those were the SARS years, but communications were so different in the early 2000’s! The internet was still quite new – and most hospitals did not yet have websites. Our regional television networks and newspapers reported on the threat of the SARS pandemic and we learned that older people [...]

2020-08-01T21:41:14-05:00July 6th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Mindful Presence
Hygiene Matters – Our 2003 SARS Experience

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Shortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients

"Some experts worry that a long-standing shortage of palliative care professionals ― who focus on the physical pain and mental and spiritual distress caused by serious illness — could leave many COVID-19 patients in distress... 'There is already a shortage, which will only worsen as demand goes up because of [...]

2020-07-05T17:56:22-05:00July 5th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Creating Community
Shortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients
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