Waiting Room Revolution

04/07/2024

Our very own Sammy is featured in this episode of The Health Design Podcast.

🎧Listen here: https://loom.ly/L_WkdwI

‎Show The Health Design Podcast, Ep Sammy Winemaker, palliative care physician - Jun 27, 2024

27/06/2024

Part 2 of our conversation on the Healthy Canadians podcast is available now. Check out a sneak peak below 👇

06/06/2024

Dr. Julien Abel, Director of Compassionate Communities UK - charity number 1167511 shares how to talk about what living well means to you and the positive qualities that are embedded in our lives in the context of relationships, meaning, caring, and kindness!✨💛

🎧To check out more from this insightful conversation listen here: https://loom.ly/AeF1HnY

04/06/2024

🚨New episode today with Dr. Julien Abel, retired palliative care physician, Director of Compassionate Communities UK - charity number 1167511, author and podcaster! In this episode, we chat about:
✨what compassionate communities are
✨what a public health palliative approach looks like
✨what community support of serious illness should look like.
🎧Check out the episode here: https://loom.ly/AeF1HnY

30/05/2024

Dr. Diah Martina, an internal medicine in Indonesia doctor shares her thoughts on palliative care being human-centered!💛

🎧check out more from the episode here:https://loom.ly/qgDCZlM

28/05/2024

🚨New episode today with Dr. Diah Martina, an internal medicine doctor in Indonesia! Diah also has per PhD focusing on culturally sensitive advance care planning in Asia. We talk about:
✨what culturally sensitive palliative care looks like in Indonesia
✨what her research has shown about adapting conversations about dying and planning in different cultures and religion,
✨and the relevance of the WRR for the Indonesian and Asian communities

🎧check out the episode here:https://loom.ly/qgDCZlM

24/05/2024

Join us for a lunch and learn virtual event on May 30th! We will be chatting with C Elizabeth Dougherty Consulting about how the 7 keys can be used in the context of children's grief right from the time of diagnosis, so families can be more proactive and less-crisis driven and have a better illness journey.

Canadian Alliance for Children's Grief

To learn more and register: https://loom.ly/FHsr_RU

23/05/2024

Dipti Purbhoo, Executive Director of the The Dorothy Ley Hospice shares how hospice exemplifies the best of humanity and truly practices person centered care!❣️
🎧For more from this episode listen here: https://loom.ly/lDq1wuE

21/05/2024

New episode to brighten the start of this week! 🚨 In this episode we chat with Dipti Purbhoo, Executive Director of the The Dorothy Ley Hospice. We chat about:
🌼the synergy b/w hospice services and the Waiting Room Revolution
🌼innovative ways hospices partner with community agencies
🌼how Dorothy Lea Hospice is working to be truly integrated upstream in an illness journey.

Check out the full episode here: https://loom.ly/lDq1wuE

18/05/2024

✨ Spotlight Saturday: UK Edition ✨

Priscilla Bacon Hospice Charity work to bring their community together to ensure the best possible care for those who need access to palliative support services in Norfolk!

Check out more of their amazing work here: https://loom.ly/fkENRa8

17/05/2024

Check out this amazing review in The Millstone by Edith Cody Rice! Thank you Edith! https://loom.ly/UP9FHBI

If you're in the Almonte (Ottawa) area next week, join us May 22nd at Almonte Old Town Hall from 2:30 to 4:00 for a free event!

Learn more and register by contacting Mill Street Books or visiting our website: https://loom.ly/JZLG1GA

by Edith Cody-Rice Hope for the Best Plan for the Rest was written by two Canadian palliative care doctors who have ushered thousands of patients through life changing illness to death. It was written in response to hearing many patients and families say they felt unprepared and overwhel

16/05/2024

Lisa Levin, CEO of AdvantAge Ontario shares what gives her hope for improving the aging experience! 💛
🎧Check out the full episode here: https://loom.ly/ACQWaPE

14/05/2024

🌞The sun is shining and our 100th episode just dropped! We chat with Lisa Levin, CEO of AdvantAge Ontario about:
✨ how AdvantAge advocates for seniors quality of life
✨ housing policy that promotes aging in place
✨ what other countries are doing to innovate aging

🎧Check out the full episode here: https://loom.ly/ACQWaPE

09/05/2024

Amy, the CEO of The Ontario Caregiver Organization, shares her thoughts on how normalizing conversations about dying will help normalize conversations about caregiving! 💭

🌼We think you'll fall in love with Amy in this episode, check out more from the convo here: https://loom.ly/KWCeWZM 🌼

07/05/2024

Happy National Caregiver Month!

To celebrate, this weeks episode is with Amy Coupal, CEO of The Ontario Caregiver Organization !

We chat about:
⭐the services and resources OCO offers,
⭐Amy's own caregiving experience and
⭐the essential role caregivers have within the healthcare system.

Learn more about The Ontario Caregiver Organization here: https://loom.ly/8MJcBlk

🎧Check out the episode here: https://loom.ly/KWCeWZM

06/05/2024

The synergy between what Speak For Me Lasting Power of Attorney Consultancy is doing and the Waiting Room Revolution is electric⚡! Read about how we got here on Clare's blog: https://loom.ly/lrF1DLk

Don't forget: we are in the UK this week for so reserve your seats now! Registration links are available in the blog post!

I have been doing my role for a long time; it scares me sometimes to acknowledge that means over 30 years, and most of that time has been focused on Palliative and End of Life Care (PEoLC). Somewhat unusually, I have worked across the spectrum and seen PEoLC through multiple lenses working is hospic

04/05/2024

✨ Spotlight Saturday: UK Edition ✨

Pilgrims Hospices know how challenging it can be when you're seriously ill so they are there every step of the way with expert care and guidance!

Check out more of their amazing work here: https://loom.ly/FUrhimg

02/05/2024

💭Kelly and Eliza share some of the challenges in their communities surrounding and discussing ! Check out the full conversation here: https://loom.ly/rwPRmBE

30/04/2024

🚨 New episode today with Eliza Munro and Kelly Clark, who are both palliative care educators and consultants for the Indigenous program of experience in the palliative approach (IPEPA) in Australia. We chat about:
✨ the important work they are doing with IPEPA,
✨ the barriers indigenous people face accessing palliative care
✨ what they are hopeful for in the future

🎧Check out the episode here: https://loom.ly/rwPRmBE

27/04/2024

✨ Spotlight Saturday: UK Edition ✨

St Elizabeth Hospice is here for people living with progressive and life-limiting illnesses. They offer expert care and support to help individuals and their families.

Check out more of their amazing work here: https://loom.ly/8_igBLo

25/04/2024

We 💛 this quote from this week's episode with Canadian Cancer Society's Advocacy Manager Daniel! He shares his thoughts on decoupling the words palliative care from end of life. 🎧To listen to more from this conversation visit: https://loom.ly/r777MXI

23/04/2024

New episode alert! 🚨 This one's for our , we chat with Canadian Cancer Society's Daniel Nowoselski about:
✨ being a lobbyist for the palliative care community
✨ the Canadian Cancer Society and policy issues
✨ where his passion for stems from
✨ what brings Daniel hope for the future.

Check out the full episode here: https://loom.ly/HAlXdF4

This episode features our conversation with Daniel Nowoselski, Advocacy Manager for Hospice Palliative Care at the Canadian Cancer Society. We discuss being a lobbyist for the palliative care community, policy issues and challenges in the health care system that the Canadian Cancer Society are tryin...

20/04/2024

✨ Spotlight Saturday: UK Edition ✨

St Christopher's Hospice offer world class palliative and end of life care to everyone who needs it, whenever or wherever that may be. They are also here for the people closest to you.

Check out more of their amazing work here: https://loom.ly/0Xzf_9w

20/04/2024

Psychologist and social researcher Dr. Kerrie Noonan from Death Literacy Institute, shares her thoughts on how reflection is a powerful tool that can improve death literacy! 💭

🎧To hear more of our conversation listen here: https://loom.ly/ij25KAE

19/04/2024

We have not one, but TWO events Waterstones for Dying Matters Week 2024!

➡️Friday May 10th at Waterstones Canterbury at 16:30
Register here: https://loom.ly/se4qixQ

AND

➡️Saturday May 11th at Waterstones Gower St. London at 16:00 as guests of Dr. Kathryn Mannix! Hospice UK St Christopher's Hospice
Register here: https://loom.ly/sYkRUag

We can't wait to see you there!

18/04/2024

Join us at our first stop in 🇬🇧 on May 7th at Priscilla Bacon Hospice Charity for a chat about the 7 Keys to take charge and remain in control after a life-changing diagnosis.

This event is for patients and families, health care providers and members of the public.

👉Register today and pre order your copy of our book: https://loom.ly/sWxXx0U

18/04/2024

What are your plans for May 9th? We hope its coming to see us at St Elizabeth Hospice! We will be doing a reading from Hope for the Best and answering questions!

⭐Thursday May 9th
⭐14:00
⭐St. Elizabeth Hospice- 565 Foxhall Rd. Ipswich

👉Register & pre order your copy of the book here: https://loom.ly/mLGvt-A

17/04/2024

👋Hey Hamilton! There's still time to register!

When: Wed April 24th
Where: Heritage Green Community Church, 956 Paramount Dr, Stoney Creek, ON L8J 2M9, Canada
What time: 5:30-8:00pm EST

Join us for a FREE EVENT to learn the 7 Keys to take charge so you can be hopeful and prepared every step of the way. Registered attendees from Ontario West region (from Waterloo to Windsor to Tobermory to Niagara Falls) will receive a FREE copy of the book!

For more details and to register: https://loom.ly/fDyt0x0

*Ontario Health West Region is sponsoring Palliative Care education for Patients and Family Caregivers who reside within the West region of Ontario Health. This strategy aims to increase public awareness and provide education around palliative care services. Funding is provided for all registrant fees for attendance.

16/04/2024

🚨New episode with Death Literacy Institute 's Dr. Kerrie Noonan. We talk about what death and grief literacy is, it's importance, what it looks like in Australia and around the world, and how it really is a community endeavor! Learn more about Kerrie's work here: https://www.deathliteracy.institute/

🎧Check out the full episode here: https://waitingroomrev.podbean.com/e/s8-episode-86-dr-kerrie-noonan/

15/04/2024

We cannot wait! Thanks for having us St Elizabeth Hospice