Join our host Laura Bates as she takes part in an in-depth conversation with Nancy Good-Kennedy and Cathy McKeown, both Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultants, about Palliative Care and Chronic Diseases.

Join our host Lynda Meeks and guest Rachel Lapensee as they discuss Advance Care Planning (ACP) over coffee!

ACP Resources:
https://nsmhpcn.ca/acp/

Please join our host Lynda Meeks, along with Nancy Good-Kennedy, as they discuss the importance of having difficult conversations and finding hope, joy and gratitude in the face of fear.

The article referenced in the podcast:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691601/

Nancy's Key Things to Remember:

Set up – free from distraction, eye level, cell phones off

Permission - Is this ok?

Assess understanding - Are they aware of disease progression

Share - Prognosis, functional decline

- Wish, worry, wonder

Explore - Goals, fears, worries, trade-offs

Close - Summarize