In his best selling book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, Stephen R Covey states, “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”One arena where this is patently obvious...
Having conversations with your nearest and dearest about your end of life wishes is one of THE most important aspects of end of life care. Currently, most of those conversations happen in times of crisis, when the proverbial hits the fan and that is never going to...
Today’s post for National Palliative Care Week 2017 is all centred on the above…know that your end journey or sharing it with a loved one will cover all of these aspects and probably multiple times. Today marks four years since my Mum got to meet her first great...
Being National Palliative Care Week 2017, I thought we’d cover some of the basics that people may not know/understand. So, in my very best Julie Andrews singing voice (that is not even close to being as fabulous as hers…), “Let’s start at the...
Now, before you get all uppity and jumping up and down and getting mad with me, hear me out…Also, please know that I have absolutely been part of this as well. Tell me if any of these statements resonate with you: • You are a kind, compassionate person who loves...
It seems like a really straight forward and easy question, doesn’t it? If you’re like most people, your answer would be Yes. I asked the following question on Facebook Do you expect your doctor/specialist to know what the laws are around withholding and withdrawing...
