Jeannie, First Nations
Jeannie Simon was one of the first Indigenous Patient Navigators at Cancer Care Ontario and currently works at The Cancer Centre in Thunder Bay.
- 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)
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