Elissa
Elissa Smith is from Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario and helped to care for her father, Bill, after his lung cancer diagnosis.
Realizing the end is near
Elissa talks about her family's reactions as her father's condition declined. (01:10)
Other content for:
First Nations - Expectations of Care
- The social importance of food (00:33)
- Preparing for side effects (01:00)
- Dying at home (01:40)
- Making memories (01:45)
- Looking after my grandmother (02:29)
- Caring for someone at home (01:23)
- Ask, listen and respect (01:01)
- Knowing what to expect (01:52)
- Balancing medical care and personal needs (01:11)
First Nations - Care for the Patient and Family
- The social importance of food (00:33)
- When appetite stops (01:34)
- It's different when it's your own family (01:59)
- A place to start (01:42)
- Advance care planning (00:56)
- Anxiety and shortness of breath (01:13)
- Planning to manage symptoms (00:40)
- What can palliative care do for me? (01:21)
- Preparing for side effects (01:00)
- When does palliative care start? (01:13)
- Humour helps (01:13)
- Explaining scary terms (02:34)
- Palliative team support for caregivers (01:59)
- A hospice where we live? (01:21)
- Caring for the whole family (01:42)
- Fear of pain medication (01:55)
- Accepting our roles (01:35)
- Acceptance means no struggle (01:15)
- A beautiful death (03:41)
- The presence of calm (01:14)
- Dying at home (01:40)
- Honouring sacred wishes (01:23)
- Talking about death (01:11)
- Making memories (01:45)
- Final days and final words (03:43)
- When Mom came home to die (03:15)
- Looking after my grandmother (02:29)
- Caring for someone at home (01:23)
- My mother's wishes (02:14)
- You feel so good after (00:57)
- Ask, listen and respect (01:01)
- Traditional foods are medicine (02:06)
- Knowing what to expect (01:52)
- Spaces to gather (01:05)
- Balancing medical care and personal needs (01:11)
- Towards culturally safe care (01:02)
- Improving caring connections (00:59)
- A history of mistreatment (01:25)
- Our music brings comfort (01:00)
- Be a human being (01:42)
- What does my diagnosis mean? (02:20)
- The myths of palliative care (01:48)
- What is palliative care? (01:02)
- Mom wanted to die at home (01:20)
- When death at home is not best (01:13)
- Caring for our mother (01:09)
- Indigenous Voices: Caring for the Patient and Family ()
- Indigenous Voices: Walking Along Side for a Good Death ()