Beyond the Stethoscope: Recent Episodes
North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network
Join host Lori Gill and Rachel Lapensee, NSMHPCN Clinical Nurse Manager, as they explore the topic of predicting next-day survival in imminently dying cancer patients.
Related tools: Palliative Performance Scale (PPS)
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network.
Join host, Lori Gill, as she is joined by Tracy Lavigne, NSMHPCN PPSMC, and Krista Hastings, Clinical Manager with Ontario Health atHome, as they discuss Ontario Health atHome’s role in coordination of palliative care at home and the importance of linking patients and families with the essential supports and services that are required to support the provision of hospice palliative care and end of life care in the community.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network.
In this episode, host Lori Gill and podcast producer Amanda Tevelde will celebrate the 50th episode with the help of some past guests who will pose questions we’ve all been wanting to ask!
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network.
In this episode, host Lori Gill is joined by Louise Brazier, Bereavement Services Coordinator with NSMHPCN, along with Stefanie Collins, Social Worker, and Sidney Grocott, Community Social Worker, both from Hospice Orillia, to discuss the importance of being an ally in grief and bereavement.
Recommended reading:
- It’s OK That You're Not OK! by Megan Devine
- The Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
- Grief Ally: Helping People You Love Cope with Death, Loss, and Grief by Aly Bird
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network.
Join our host, Lori Gill, NSMHPCN Education Specialist, and her guests Julie Leighton-Phelps, NSMHPCN PPSMC, and MJ, who has developed a support group for survivors of MAID. Julie and MJ will take you along for a heartfelt discussion on MAID and what it is like to be a survivor of MAID.
Previous episodes in this series:
Oct-2023 MAID and Organ Donation
Oct-2022 The Nurses Experience with MAID
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network.
Join our host, Lori Gill, NSMHPCN Education Specialist, and her guests Kristen Lew-Byrne, RSW, Growing In Grief, and Sidney Grocott, RSW, Hospice Orillia, as they discuss anticipatory grief.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network.
Join our host, Lori Gill, NSMHPCN Education Specialist and her guests Rachel Lapensee, NSMHPCN Clinical Nurse Manager, as they discuss palliative care for vulnerable populations.
Articles Referenced:
- Palliative care for vulnerable populations
- Access to palliative care: the primacy of public health partnerships and community participation
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network.
Join our host, Lori Gill, NSMHPCN Education Specialist, as she discusses Mental Health and Hospice Palliative Care with Chantal Byrnes Leadbeater, RN, and Laura Naumann, RN, of Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care.
Podcast related resources:
- American Psychological Association Inclusive Language Guideline
- Public Health Agency of Canada Language Matters Guide
- CAMH Words Matter Guide
- CMHA Recovery/Discovery Colleges
- North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network
- EQUIP Healthcare Trauma and Violence Informed Care Guide
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network.
Join our host, Lori Gill as she speaks with guest Laura Bates for an engaging conversation around the notion of Normalizing Talking About Death & Dying.
Join our host Laura Bates as she takes part in an in-depth conversation with Nancy Good-Kennedy and Cathy McKeown, both Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultants, about Palliative Care and Chronic Diseases.
Join our host Lynda Meeks and guest Rachel Lapensee as they discuss Advance Care Planning (ACP) over coffee!
ACP Resources:
https://nsmhpcn.ca/acp/
Please join our host Lynda Meeks, along with Nancy Good-Kennedy, as they discuss the importance of having difficult conversations and finding hope, joy and gratitude in the face of fear.
The article referenced in the podcast:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691601/
Nancy's Key Things to Remember:
Set up – free from distraction, eye level, cell phones off
Permission - Is this ok?
Assess understanding - Are they aware of disease progression
Share - Prognosis, functional decline
- Wish, worry, wonder
Explore - Goals, fears, worries, trade-offs
Close - Summarize
Air Date: 01-Sept-23
Service Animals in Hospice Palliative Care
Please join our host Laura Bates, NSMHPCN Education Facilitator, and our guest Louise Brazier, Hospice Orillia Bereavement Services Coordinator, as they discuss the role service animals have in Hospice Palliative Care and how the Hospice Orillia Facilities Dog Trooper has made a difference in their community.
Recommended article: https://www.ncdps.gov/blog/2019/10/01/warren-correctional-institution-dog-training-program-brings-pawsitive-impact-nc
Please join our host Lynda Meeks, NSMHPCN Education Facilitator, and our guest Rachel Lapensee, NSMHPCN Clinical Nurse Manager, as they review the article Assessing the impact of a health navigator on improving access to care and addressing the social needs of palliative care patients experiencing homelessness: A service evaluation by Lilian Robinson, Leeann Trevors Babici, Alissa Tedesco, Donna Spaner, Trevor Morey and Naheed Dosani.
Please join our host Lynda Meeks, NSMHPCN Education Facilitator, and our guest Sue Martin, NSMHPCN Nurse Consultant, as they discuss patient preparedness for Death.
Additional Recommended Reading:
- Sufficient Death Preparedness Correlates to Better Mental Health, Quality of Life, and EOL Care https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S088539242200104X#preview-section-references
- Courses of Change in Good Emotional Preparedness for Death and Accurate Prognostic Awareness and Their Associations With Psychological Distress and Quality of Life in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients' Last Year of Life - Free article
- Terminally Ill Cancer Patients' Emotional Preparedness for Death Is Distinct From Their Accurate Prognostic Awareness - Article preview
- Defining a Good Death (Successful dying) - Free article
- Death Anxiety and Correlates in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care - Abstract
- The therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances in hospice and palliative care - Free article
- The Potential of Psychedelics for End of Life and Palliative Care published in the current topics in behavioural neurosciences book series CTBN volume 56
- Psychotherapy at the End of Life
- Dr Marilyn Mednoza’s article What Impact Do End-of-Life Experiences Have on Grief? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-grief/202203/what-impact-do-end-life-experiences-have-grief full article
- Dr Christopher Kerr drchristopherkerr.com/research
Please join our host Lynda Meeks, NSMHPCN Education Facilitator, and our guest Laura Bates, NSMHPCN Education Facilitator, as they discuss the article titled Young Adults Understanding and Readiness to Engage with Palliative Care written by Anita Mallon, Felicity Hassan, Karen Kassen, Paul Slater, and Sonya McIlfatrick.
For more information on Difficult Conversations please visit https://nsmhpcn.ca/education-hub/difficult-conversations/
To read the article that was reviewed please visit: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-021-00808-0
Please join our host Lynda Meek, NSMHPCN Nurse Consultant Inge de Bruijn and Regional Kidney Program of Simcoe Muskoka Social Worker Corrine McNab for an informative discussion on why it is important to consider a palliative approach for patients with a diagnosis of kidney disease. Topics covered will include what kidney disease is, risk factors, treatment options, goals of care, supports and resources.
Join our guests Louise Brazier, Stefanie Collins and Daniela Accomando as they walk us through a review of the article Volunteers in Palliative Care Make a Difference by Luijkx, K.G., & Schols, J.M.
Luijkx, K. G., & Schols, J. M. (2009). Volunteers in palliative care make a difference. Journal of palliative care, 25(1), 30–39.
Join our guest host Sherry Hubbert, NSMHPCN HPC Nurse Consultant, as she discusses the importance of Advanced Care Planning with Dr. Didiodato.
Join our guest host Nancy Good-Kennedy, Hospice Palliative Nurse Consultant, as she speaks with Tim Madarasz on the role of a Spiritual Care Provider.
Join our host Lynda Meeks, NSMHPCN Education Facilitator as she discusses Leadership in Palliative Care. Within palliative care, leadership is the process of empowering clinical teams to transform the care of serious illness. Given the rapid growth of the palliative care field, interdisciplinary leadership has become essential (Dahlin et. al. 2018).
Join our guest host Kathlene Bartlett, NSMHPCN Nurse Consultant, and her guest speaker, Cara Spearin, Death Doula, as they discuss the role of Death Doula.
Join our host Lynda Meeks, NSMHPCN Education Facilitator, and her guest speaker, Cathy McKeown, Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, as they discuss managing death in the field.
Join our guest host Lynda Meeks, NSMHPCN Education Facilitator, and her guest speaker, Julie Leighton-Phelps, Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, as they discuss the a nurses experience with, and perspective on, Medical Assistance in Dying.
Join our guest host Laura Bates, NSMHPCN Education Facilitator, and her guest speaker, Jennifer Kerr, Grief and Bereavement Counsellor at Matthew’s House and Caregiver Consultant, as they discuss the general sense of taboo that surrounds the words death and dying. Despite the effort to normalize conversations about dying and death both in health care and the general public, it is still a topic that is surrounded by stigma and myth. Listen as Laura and Jennifer discuss how attitudes about dying and death have changed and share their experiences of having discussions about dying and death in their professional and personal lives.
Join our guest speaker Rachel Lapensee, NSMHPCN Clinical Nurse Manager, as she reviews the article by Anke J E de Veer, Barbara Stringer, Berno van Meijel, Renate Verkaik and Anneke L Francke.
Join our guest speaker Sue Martin, Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, as she reviews the article 'Terminally Ill Cancer Patients’ Emotional Preparedness for Death Is Distinct From Their Accurate Prognostic Awareness' by Siew Tzuh Tang, DNSc, Wen-Chi Chou, MD, Chia-Hsun Hsieh, MD, Wen-Cheng Chang, MD, Jen-Shi Chen, MD, Fur-Hsing Wen, PhD
Join our guest speakers, Louise Brazier, Bereavement Services Coordinator, Hospice Orillia, and Stefanie Collins, Community Social Worker, Hospice Orillia, as they review the article Healing the Hearts of Bereaved Parents: Impact of Legacy Artwork on Grief in Peadiatric Oncology by Megan R. Schaefer, MS , Scott T. Wagoner, MA , Margaret E. Young, MS , Avi Madan-Swain, PhD , Michael Barnett, MD, MS and Wendy N. Gray, PhD.
Join our guest speakers, Inge de Bruijn, HPC Nurse Consultant, and Erika Rice, Coordinator of Online Learning and Knowledge Translation and Exchange at the Alzheimer Society of Ontario, as they discuss what Palliative Care looks like for those with Alzheimer's.
Join our guest speaker, Rachel Lapensee, NSMHPCN Clinical Nurse Manager, as she discusses the factors which influence hospital doctors Advance Care Planning adherence.
Join our guest speakers, HPC Nurse Consultants Charlene Hagerman, Kathlene Bartlett, Inge de Bruijn and Sue Martin, as well as our Clinical Nurse Manager Rachel Lapensee, as they discusses the lived experience as a North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network Nurse Consultant.