Louis
Louis Kwan came to Canada from Hong Kong and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He volunteers at a local hospice, helping members of the Chinese community. He cared for his father at the end of his life.
Family meetings
Louis discusses using a family meeting to determine a patient's wishes. (00:52)
Other content for:
Chinese - Care for the Patient and Family
- My end-of-life wishes (01:57)
- Keeping loved ones away from the hospice (00:53)
- Hanging on at all costs (01:07)
- Over-feeding those we love (01:38)
- Talking about death makes it happen (01:06)
- A good death (01:24)
- Healing versus curing (02:10)
- Keep an open mind (01:34)
- Palliative care improves life (01:53)
- Choosing not to die at home (00:38)
- Food matters (01:06)
- Advance care planning (01:54)
- What water symbolizes (00:47)
- Explaining palliative care (02:26)
- The truth about hospice care (02:37)
- Why not homecare support? (01:39)
- Tips on discussing advance care planning (01:57)
- Pain, suffering and DNR (01:46)
- Understanding pain medications (02:00)
- When food no longer helps (01:42)
- What can I eat? (01:25)
- When family is far away (02:12)
- Language challenges (02:14)
- My dad's experience with palliative care (01:31)
- Speaking with my parents about an end-of-life plan (01:31)
- Is cancer contagious? (01:46)
- Tradition and generation gaps (01:35)
- Helping my mom (02:09)
- What makes a good death (00:56)
- Advanced care planning is a gift (00:58)
- Wanting to die at home (01:27)
- No burdens for family (00:31)
- Talk to the whole family (01:13)
- Chinese voices: Looking after the patient and family (12:00)
- Chinese voices: A good death: conversations that bring closure (18:15)
Chinese - Talking About Illness
- Over-feeding those we love (01:38)
- Keep an open mind (01:34)
- Palliative care improves life (01:53)
- Food matters (01:06)
- The meaning of food and water (02:32)
- Advance care planning (01:54)
- Protection from the truth (01:50)
- Be patient, then listen (01:06)
- I don't want to talk about it (00:48)
- Explaining palliative care (02:26)
- The truth about hospice care (02:37)
- Why not homecare support? (01:39)
- Tips on discussing advance care planning (01:57)
- Pain, suffering and DNR (01:46)
- Don't postpone family visits (01:10)
- When food no longer helps (01:42)
- What can I eat? (01:25)
- Thinking about dying (01:00)
- It's ok to cry (01:19)
- Living for this moment (01:23)
- Language challenges (02:14)
- I don't want to be a burden (02:16)
- Speaking with my parents about an end-of-life plan (01:31)
- Translators and counsellors (01:53)
- Superstitions around death (02:24)
- Privacy about diagnosis (00:51)
- Nurses are important (01:01)
- Should we tell him he is dying? (02:41)
- Adapting to different families (01:03)
- Telling my dad (01:29)
- Helping families understand (01:16)
- We don't talk about death (02:00)
- Talk to the whole family (01:13)
- Do secrets protect us? (01:40)
- Chinese voices: A good death: conversations that bring closure (18:15)