SAVE THE DATES
NavCare Training – Spring 2022 Advanced Care Planning Day – April 16 National Hospice Palliative Care Week – May 1 to 8 Hike for Hospice - May 1 PCSBV Annual General Meeting - June Golf for Hospice - August 25 National Bereavement Day – November 15
TO SOCIAL WORKERS
The Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) is celebrating Social Workers Week March 6–12, 2022. The week raises awareness about social workers and their contributions to the health and wellbeing of patients across the province. Social workers have an important and necessary role in palliative and hospice care. These skilled professionals help patients and families to navigate challenges that arise from a life- limiting illness; such as providing community connection resources, processing end-of-life planning, and helping patients to manage the mental, emotional, familial, and monetary stressors of physical illness.
Reading Resource
The Threshold Between Loss and Revelation
Authors: Rashani Rea and Francis Weller
"The Threshold Between Loss and Revelation infuses our lives with an immediate sense of perspective—deeper than, and beyond, conceptual understanding, inviting us to consider that suffering is an option, not an inevitable, ongoing condition."
The invaluable support and work of social workers deserves recognition!
Give a thanks and a shoutout to a social worker you love and appreciate this month!
IRISH BLESSING "May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back." Happy St. Patrick's Day
Video Resource
Ted Talk: Compassion and the true meaning of empathy - Joan Halifax
Joan Halifax talks about what she's learned about empathy and compassion in death working with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row).
Palliative Care Society of the Bow Valley
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