My Mother's death: Dying away from family

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• The benefits of being cared for by your own people (1:06)
• Loss of traditional medicine (1:56)
• Teaching family about illness (1:15)
• Understanding medical language (1:35)
• What is a good death? (0:34)
• Learning to provide care (2:46)
• The importance of traditional foods (1:08)
• Common language is a comfort (1:54)
• Educating healthcare providers about culture, language and belief (2:03)
• "Home" can have two meanings (1:05)
• Keeping Elders in community (2:29)
• Dying in a foreign place (1:16)
• Financial impacts of long stays away from home for care (3:35)
• Traditional food or broth brings comfort and healing (2:04)
• Family roles (5:20)
• The choice to die at home must be made when travel is still possible (1:11)
• Choosing care away from home (2:11)
• Comfort with caregiving roles (1:07)
• The decision to provide care at home can change (1:57)
• Over simplifying langauge can be condescending (1:37)
• Clear communication counteracts fear based decision making. (1:06)
• There should be more support for caregivers and escorts (1:43)
• When my sister was diagnosed with a brain tumour (2:50)
• Our blood is the same colour (0:26)
• It's so important for people to learn about our history and culture (3:13)
• My wish for healthcare in Nunavut (0:58)
• Cultural roles and nursing: Speaking with Elders (2:09)
• Traditional ways of communicating changed after colonization (1:54)
• Speaking softly and calmly when delivering bad news (1:07)
• People panic when they hear the word "palliative" (1:24)
• Many people in the North mistrust the medical system (1:48)
• When a diagnosis is overwhelming (1:01)
• Lost in translation: There is no word for cancer (1:19)
• Interpreters can lead to misunderstanding (1:21)
• When Elders leave the comunity for care they often don't return (1:20)
• Travelling for care (1:50)
• Seeing a psychologist helped me a lot (2:02)
• An important gift from my son (1:46)
• Supporting others going through a similar experience (1:17)
• Being a hunter taught me what it meant to be strong (0:45)
• My relationship with my husband is stronger (0:57)
• Finding my strength again (2:04)
• Finding laughter and humour in difficult situatiions (1:36)
• Having music by my side helped me (1:09)
• I'm a survivor (1:09)
• I was afraid I wouldn't survive (1:30)
• Finacial stress: trying work while in treatment (0:40)
• It was often difficult to understand everything I was being told (1:15)
• Travelling for care: greater support and organization is needed (2:14)
• Traditional food was important to my healing (1:20)
• The support of my family and my community made me strong (2:07)
• Faciial expressions when communicating in Inuktitut (0:37)
• My brain cancer diagnosis (1:33)
• It is very frightening to be told that you have cancer (1:24)
• There was no one to talk to when I returned to my community (1:15)
• I could pray and worship at the boarding house chapel (1:00)
• Attending events in Ottawa helped to take my mind off my illness (1:34)
• What gave me hope and strength (0:38)
• How stress and distance affect communication (1:24)
• Missing my country food (1:13)
• Missing my husband (1:13)
• The challenges of living away from community for care (2:40)
• Thinking about end of life wishes now, prepares us for the future (1:10)
• Living in the north is about community (1:35)
• Discharge planning in northern communities (0:47)
• Discharge planning and dialysis (1:42)
• Proper discharge planning is crucial (1:31)
• More supports are needed (1:24)
• Challenges to end of life treatment in the North (2:01)
• Change is coming with a new generation (2:22)
• Death by suicide and grief and connections with colonialism and intergenerational trauma (4:10)
• If possible, keep doing things that you love (0:41)
• When my time comes I want to be buried in Nuajaat (1:03)
• Choosing community over treatment (1:45)
• "Nanilavut" (Let's Find Them): A program to find where loved ones who travelled south for care are buried (1:26)
• Imagine leaving your home and livelihood for 6 months (1:52)
• The cost and isolation of traveling for care is a burden (1:48)
• My daughter's cancer journey (9:21)
• Northern patients and family need support in urban settings (0:48)
• Why some families may not want a translator (1:54)
• Embracing a land-based approach (1:07)
• Being displaced from your community for healthcare (1:45)
• Supplying sewing supplies to patients and families (1:24)
• Ask your doctors for more explanations (1:07)
• Travel escorts can support each other (0:56)
• Caring for my sister made me a stronger person (6:48)
• Supporting our young people today (2:37)
• We borrow this life for a short time and must live in harmony (1:54)
• Closeness of family is important at end of life (1:33)
• Love is an important word in our culture (1:24)
• Inuit naming traditions (1:51)
• An Inuit-focused home for Elders with dementia and Alzheimers (6:15)
• It's important to be able to ask our doctors any questions that we have (2:36)
• Sharing the Inuit language (2:49)
• I believe in the afterlife (1:48)
• Saying comforting words to a loved one at death (2:58)
• Returning home when there is no more treatment available (3:33)
• Caring for cancer patients (3:06)
• We lost our connectino to shamanism (1:25)
• As Inuit we are resilient people (3:41)