Sandy
Sandy Kwong was born in Hong Kong and moved to Canada in 2000. She has been a social worker with the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver, British Columbia since 2001.
Explaining palliative care
Sandy talks about reassuring patients that palliative care will deal with their pain and enhance life. (02:26)
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)
- Family meetings (00:52)
- 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)
- 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)
- Family meetings (00:52)
- 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)
- 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)