Discharging a patient for care at home

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• Saying final words and letting a loved one go (1:42)
• Time, silence and respect in end of life care (2:21)
• Discharging patients to a remote community (1:33)
• A good death (0:48)
• Accessing pain control in small communities (1:09)
• Planning a discharge in advance (3:43)
• Caring in small communities (1:21)
• Using community resources to support home death (3:43)
• Opening conversations about advance care planning (1:41)
• Elders often do not talk about death or illness (1:01)
• Traditions when a person dies at home (0:43)
• How a community shows support (1:36)
• Combining traditional and Christian values (2:01)
• Death, trauma and healing in the Indigenous community (1:50)
• A good death (0:34)
• Challenges for people from rural communities traveling for care (2:13)
• The fight to live (1:37)
• Respecting a person's chosen gender (1:15)
• Two spirit and LGBTQ+ people and end of life wishes (2:26)
• Culturally safe urban health spaces (1:17)
• The importance of holistic care across healthcare settings (1:09)
• Hospice options needed for Indigenous people (1:18)
• Making plans makes a difference (1:12)
• Having conversations about end of life and grief (3:06)
• Use your five senses to engage and listen carefully (1:50)
• Dying at home (1:37)
• Helping a patient with final wishes (1:20)
• Reflecting Indigenous culture in healthcare delivery (2:19)
• Providing a safe space for your patients (1:34)
• Understanding holistic healthcare (1:03)
• Healthcare and cultural nuances (1:17)
• What cultural safety means to me (1:15)
• Celebrating life before death (2:13)
• MAID is now an option (1:28)
• Helping other families by sharing stories of suicide and loss (2:27)
• Self-care and support in my work (1:54)
• Grief is complex and differs with each situation (1:54)
• Caring for patients and families at end of life (3:36)
• Spirituality is not only about religion (0:48)
• Respecting wishes at the end of life (3:07)
• Traditions differ among families (0:48)
• Giving thanks for a peaceful death (1:26)
• Reclaiming who we are as a people (2:12)
• Trauma informed care requires an understanding of history (3:28)
• It takes a healthy child to raise a healthy village (1:20)
• Our healing affects generations (1:06)
• Religious influences in my life (4:02)
• The comfort of a Bible and prayer at end of life (1:40)
• Why we prefer our home to a hospital (1:33)
• Understanding and respecting cultural ways of knowing and wishes (3:40)
• When a loved one is on life support (1:47)
• Saying goodbye when a relationship is complicated (2:59)
• Supporting a family at the bedside of a loved one (2:35)
• Taking the opportunity to say goodbye (1:40)
• When you are "stuck" in grief (1:30)
• Different ways to help you grieve (2:55)
• Leading individuals in prayer when they are dying (2:32)
• Talking about end of life is difficult but important (1:53)
• Honouring end of life wishes (2:51)
• The importance of listening, understanding and building relationships (3:18)
• Healthcare providers must self-educate about Indigenous history and culture (0:58)
• Understanding Indigenous culture and history (3:50)
• Society could benefit from Indigenous practices and ways of knowing (3:41)
• The power of medicinal trees and plants (1:12)
• Our ancestors bring comfort at end of life (1:59)
• Using plant medicines with guidance from our ancestors (1:41)
• My diagnosis affected my work, my education and my finances (1:02)
• Using traditional medicine and western medicine (2:01)
• The strength of my grandmother (2:41)
• We're not just another chart (0:44)
• My doctor showed no empathy: Advocating for compassionate care (4:21)
• Facing a second diagnosis (1:00)
• The stress of travelling for scans and tests (1:43)
• Losing my hair (1:15)
• Talking to my children about my cancer and treatment (2:45)
• My spirituality helped me find balance and strength (2:43)
• Supporting conversations between patients and family (1:10)
• Supporting communities in the North (1:43)
• Palliative care offers many layers of care (1:22)
• Palliative care is holistic care (0:46)
• Pain control in remote communities (1:17)
• The challenges of discharge planning (1:17)
• Navigating health services (1:25)
• Social media and respecting privacy (0:52)
• We're not in this together (0:42)
• Supporting decision-making (2:20)
• A good death: Planning for the best and adapting (1:15)
• Understand individual wishes and beliefs (1:26)
• Provide culturally safe, person-centred care (2:15)
• When there aren't words for an illness or disease (0:45)
• Language around death and dying (1:08)
• Recording our values (1:23)
• Supporting patient and family decision-making (1:14)
• The benefits of a healing room in a hospital (2:15)
• Our palliative care doctor helped guide us (1:02)
• Supporting families through a palliative care journey (2:00)
• How children can honour their loved ones through ceremony (2:56)
• Reflecting on the year after my mom's death (3:04)
• Honouring our mom after she died (2:14)
• Traditions in the last few days of life (1:09)
• Everyone says goodbye in their own way (2:19)
• Honouring and caring for my mom (1:48)
• Understanding and respecting the care needs of residential school survivors (2:38)
• Hospitalization and residential school trauma (2:19)
• Caring for our Elders in community (3:49)
• Traditions when a loved one dies (2:17)
• Sharing love and support with family (2:23)
• The importance of traditional food (0:54)
• Staying at the hospital with my Auntie (2:18)
• The importance of being out on the land (0:46)
• Caring for loved ones at end of life (1:35)
• Thinking about how we can support escorts and families in need (1:59)
• Getting to know the Elders in small communities (1:51)
• I try to support people in my community who are sick (1:09)
• It's a tradition in our community to have a homemade casket (0:58)
• Talking about death can help with grief (3:06)
• My mother didn't want young grandchildren at her burial (2:00)
• It's important to talk to our children about death (2:00)
• The birth of my daughter brought joy to my sick father (1:19)
• Seeing people in remission gives us hope (0:28)
• There's no word for cancer in our language (1:34)
• When someone wants to die in their home community (1:32)
• It was very hard for me to accept my father's death (0:58)
• Managing pain medications and affect on grief (1:30)
• My father came home to die (1:12)
• My father's diagnosis (1:53)
• Understanding death and aging (3:10)
• I always want to keep learning and living for today (4:09)
• The impacts of residential school: Finding my own identity (4:10)
• Talking to our grandchildren about how things have changed (3:31)
• I speak up so our people our treated with respect (2:21)
• Talking to my husband about end of life wishes (2:26)
• My son's cancer diagnosis (3:35)
• Interpreters and navigators are very helpful (1:15)
• Learn about the community and its people (2:37)
• Making amends and asking for forgiveness (1:57)
• Knowing my own boundaries and caring for myself (1:47)
• How I think of "hope" at the end of life (1:45)
• Asking someone what they wish for at the end of life (1:34)
• Blending religious and traditional practices (1:46)
• My perspective on death and dying (0:33)
• Death "out of season": When a young person dies (2:17)
• Supporting families providing care (2:42)
• Helping people leave the world with music, calm and grace (3:44)
• Explaining the life cycle to children (3:45)
• It's about the person's last breaths on Mother Earth (2:03)
• God is waiting: Helping people who are leaving this plain (2:42)
• The fear of dying and the power of companionship (1:42)
• Completing your purpose (1:12)
• Religion, hymns and drumming (1:47)
• The Native Grieving Prayer (2:47)
• My sister is still with us in spirit (0:55)
• Ceremony for my sister (3:05)
• Talking about your pain can help you on your healing journey (1:08)
• Helping community when traumatic death occurs (2:24)
• I counsel and pray with people in my community (1:19)
• My kids feel helpless but they care for me (1:09)
• Being open with my family (2:17)
• Learning about my disease and educating others (1:08)
• Both laughter and tears are good for you (1:47)
• Healthcare providers need to make sure patients understand (1:39)
• It's important to bring an escort to appointments (2:00)
• I've learned a lot from my support group (1:24)
• I try to remain positive when I think about my cancer (2:41)
• Helping people talk about loss (2:34)
• Talking about death at end of life (2:10)
• Maintaining hope and moving through grief (2:31)
• Honoring a person as they are dying (2:18)
• Many First Nations Elders want to die at home (2:14)
• Embrace your memories (1:11)
• Self-care (1:58)
• Show compassion until the last breath (2:15)
• Gestures and beliefs that can help with grief (1:32)
• Death is not the end (1:19)
• Challenging the health system to honour culturally safer care (1:39)
• How can we best care for you? (1:39)
• Walk with a person at end of life (1:31)
• Accompanying and Elder and her family as she transitioned to the spirit world (4:13)
• When a child dies (1:34)
• Talking about end of life can help to bring comfort (2:35)
• The person legacy lives on through what they've taught me (1:11)
• Caring for all aspects of the person (1:17)
• Supporting cultural traditions and practices (3:02)
• Traditional music and spiritual care (1:14)
• Wearing a clerical collar and misconceptions about spiritual care (2:28)
• Self-care helps me stay on track and focused (2:00)
• Spritual care at end of life (2:34)
• Hospital changes to meet the needs of Indigneous patients (1:39)
• Celebrating similarities in belief systems (1:39)
• The importance of fire (1:39)
• Adapting cultural practices in health facilities (1:52)
• Community members as supports at the bedside (1:47)
• Navigating health language and health systems (2:50)
• Creating a care plan for spiritual and emotional care (1:48)
• Why cultural practices differ in remote communities (1:59)
• Providing spiritual support in a hospital setting (2:56)
• Understanding and respecting the person's wishes (4:43)
• Feel your own grief (1:45)
• Our dignity (button) blanket (2:52)
• The importance of laughter (4:58)
• Western philosophy and Indigenous philosophy (2:55)
• A doctor I'll never forget: Excellent culturally safe care (1:08)
• Meeting families where they are at (2:49)
• Avoid making assumptions (2:02)
• Educating healthcare providers about Indigenous history to improve care (2:37)
• Impact of residential schools on grief (7:30)
• Colonization, trauma and responses to dying and grief (4:15)
• Listening and taking time (5:11)
• Use clear language (1:15)
• Respecting ceremony (1:15)
• The words you use matter: How some words shut down discussion (1:04)
• Paying attention to everyone in the room (2:17)
• How I care for and protect myself (4:14)
• Having a personal relationship with the patient and family (1:21)
• Working with patients and families (4:42)
• Losing my hair (1:09)
• Cancer has brought us closer (1:24)
• Waiting for the other shoe to drop: Living with cancer (1:47)
• Support from my cancer community (0:48)
• I was offered very little support or compassion (1:13)
• Support from my husband made the difference (1:08)
• Sharing my diagnosis within our community (1:48)
• My treatment and additional diagnosis (1:33)
• My doctor is interested in my life, not just my cancer (0:54)
• My diagnosis was given with no compassion (1:53)
• Travelling for care is exhausting (0:28)
• We've faced prejudice before (0:55)
• We had to fight to have an escort for my appointments (0:42)
• Fighting to get a diagnosis (3:18)
• Staying positive helps to take the power away from the word "cancer" (3:10)
• Ceremony helps families to grieve (3:39)
• Thinking about quality of life for my mom and our Elders (2:58)
• Take time to listen to what Elders are telling you (2:01)
• Recognizing impacts the trauma of residential schools on longterm care residents (10:42)
• Supporting families to be present when the person is transitioning (1:31)
• Talking to families about the transition (3:51)
• Extensive loss and trauma complicates grief (2:29)
• Long-term care reminds some residents of residential school (2:09)
• Let the patient take the lead (0:48)
• Building trust is key to creating solid relationships (0:46)
• Asking questions and listening to answers (1:22)
• Why someone might not self-identify as Indigenous (2:28)
• Understanding the needs of the urban Indigenous population (2:48)
• Opening up a difficult conversation about death (1:53)
• End of life planning as celebrating a legacy (2:16)
• Feeling a range of emotions can be healing (0:54)
• Giving people time to consider options and make decisions (2:32)
• Questioning our assumptions about traditions or religious practice (0:57)
• Trauma informed care recognizes past experince can impact current reactions (4:12)
• Trustful and respectful communication is key (1:37)
• Talking about death, dying and palliative care (3:22)
• Decolonizing healthcare: Questioning currrent policy (1:27)
• Making space for different ways of knowing and being (2:24)
• We have to be aware of our own biases and judgements (1:42)
• What does "patient centred care" really mean? (1:09)
• There is always a power differential in healthcare (2:47)
• We are all related (1:03)
• My job can be emotionally difficult (1:30)
• Working together to return a person to community (1:54)
• When someone is dying the community helps out (1:13)
• Oldest siblings often make care decisions (1:51)
• The benefits of a hospice (1:29)
• Traveling for care impacts families and care decisions (1:25)
• Late diagnoses of people from remote communities (2:02)
• Often patients from fly-in communities are Christian (1:46)
• Family meetings and making care plans (1:31)
• Escorts are often necessary, not just for Elders (1:31)
• Responding to challenges of travelling for care from remote communities (1:56)
• All the details can be overwhelming (1:05)
• My role as an Indigenous Patient Navigator at the Cancer Centre (1:42)
• I'm grateful for my good life (2:31)
• Be kind (0:37)
• It's good to talk about ceremony (0:55)
• We have to respect people's grief (1:12)
• My grandmother was religious but also traditional (4:01)
• Helping my son cope with loss (4:01)
• Accepting the cycle of life (2:40)
• When someone dies, we help them on their journey (5:00)
• Grieving a death by suicide (2:00)
• Grief is painful whatever the age of the person (2:01)
• Supporting people going through loss (2:45)
• Discussing palliative care with patients (1:51)
• Caring for a loved one in the hospital can be hard (1:24)
• A tribute to my mom (6:37)
• Practical advice for people travelling for care (1:46)
• Care conversations when "palliative care" and "cancer" can't be used (1:07)
• Losing their support system (1:15)
• Providing palliative care at home in small communities (1:12)
• Respecting a person's rights to make informed decisions (1:02)
• Family support for care in the home (0:44)
• Never make assumptions about basic services (1:37)
• Caring for my wife (5:35)
• Building on strengths in communities (1:39)
• Medication and pain control in remote communities (2:25)
• Collaboration between community and health systems (1:41)
• Making decisions about treatment and leaving community (2:28)
• Care is a community responsibility (1:40)
• Grief and Indigenous healthcare providers (1:26)
• Holly Prince (1:08)
• Building trusting relationships (1:46)
• Supporting families during dying (0:57)
• Holly Prince (2:07)
• Trust, respect and honest communication (1:13)
• Adapting language about palliative care (3:16)
• Practicing true person-centred care (1:09)
• Empowering patients and families to ask questions (0:58)
• Humility and respect: Building a relationship with families (2:29)
• Providing culturally safe care (1:44)
• How communities rally when someone is ill (1:09)
• Validating caregiving in First Nations communities (2:06)
• The goal of providing care in communities (1:01)
• Quality care recognizes extended families (3:10)
• Understanding advance care planning (1:40)
• Cultural humility (1:46)
• Limitations of cultural safety in the health system (1:03)
• Ensuring Indigneous Peoples' voices are heard (0:31)
• Sisters' last visit (1:57)
• The support of extended families: A personal story (1:57)
• My "work family" is a real support (0:53)
• Death can be peaceful (0:36)
• Crow and Wolf people take care of each other (2:06)
• Community supports the ill person and family (1:16)
• Letting the spirit go (1:34)
• Giving permission to let go (1:44)
• Using intuition in providing care (2:15)
• Asking questions and open communication (4:22)
• When someone dies: The importance of rituals and ceremony (2:09)
• Learning from a dying child (4:22)
• Self-care rituals (3:16)
• A special patient: Supporting an Elder's dying time (8:59)
• The spirit world is just a step away (0:58)
• Connecting to our land and to our spirit (2:06)
• I'm now at peace with my daughter's death (2:05)
• My daughter's death (3:44)
• It's not always possible to die at home (2:14)
• The spirit world (2:07)
• There's so much fear about death (3:16)
• Teaching our people to talk about their lives and their struggles (3:12)
• Counselling and helping people to heal (3:37)
• Be gentle and kind (1:18)
• A good death (1:03)
• Families can come together to give support (3:27)
• A connection continues after death (0:29)
• A special connection (2:07)
• Grief after my brother's death (2:26)
• Elders can guide funeral plans (3:29)