Dr. Harvey Chochinov is teaching us how to go beyond providing healthcare to provide health-caring for the people we serve. Patients are people before they need to engage with the healthcare system. That personhood should be supported and validated with compassion and dignity. Dr. Chochinov has also led a large program of research on dignity within the healthcare setting, which includes the development and study of Dignity Therapy. As a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba and a Senior Scientist at CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute, Dr. Chochinov reminds us all that “patients won’t care what you know until they know that you care.”

Connect with Dr. Chochinov

Website: dignityincare.ca Virtualhospice.ca

Social media: Twitter: @HMChochinov LinkedIn: Harvey Max Chochinov

Purchase your copy of Dignity in Care: The Human Side of Medicine here

Information for Jennifer O’Brien

Website: jenniferaobrien.com

Read more about Jennifer O’Brien here.

Purchase your copy of Care Boss by Jennifer O’Brien here.

Buy your copy of The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: An Art Journal of Caregiving and Grief here.

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Connect with The Heart of Hospice Podcast and host Helen Bauer

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Email: helen@theheartofhospice.com

Death Doula Darnell Lamont Walker is listening to the dying and speaking up to advocate for their needs. As a Death Doula who is also male and black, Darnell works to facilitate conversations about death in the black community. He’s a unique blend of skills and talents - an Emmy-nominated children’s writer, a documentary filmmaker, and a death doula.

Darnell is a listener, a companion to people with serious illness. He’s working to create change around our perceptions of grief, death discussions, and how we approach dying in the U.S.

Connect with Darnell Lamont Walker

Website: Darnell Walker

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Watch Darnell’s talk at EndWell 2023 here

Information for sponsor Jennifer O’Brien:

Website: jenniferaobrien.com

Read more about Jennifer O’Brien here.

Purchase your copy of Care Boss by Jennifer O’Brien here.

Hospice Navigation Services is here for you. If you have questions about hospice care or need to troubleshoot the care you’re already receiving, book a session with an expert Hospice Navigator at theheartofhospice.com.

Connect with The Heart of Hospice Podcast and host Helen Bauer

Website: theheartofhospice.com

Email: helen@theheartofhospice.com

As a nurse and End of Life Doula, Kacie Gikonyo cares for the dying while working to make a lasting impact on end-of-life support. Kacie realized during the pandemic that she was called to work with the dying. She trained with INELDA (the International End of Life Doula Association) to become an End of Life Doula. Her special area of doula practice is with younger persons with a terminal illness, focusing on end of life conversations and legacy projects.

Kacie believes in fostering collaboration over competition, nurturing a community-driven model through the Death Doula Collective. The Collective is a community of Death Doulas from across the country who want to support, empower and guide each other. Kacie is also the founder of the Death Doula School, whose mission is to cultivate successful Death Doulas who are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those they serve.

Connect with Death Doula Kacie Gikonyo:

Website: www.deathdoulakacie.com

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Email: Kacie@deathdoulakacie

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Hospice Navigation Services is here for you. If you have questions about hospice care or need to troubleshoot the care you’re already receiving, book a session with an expert Hospice Navigator at theheartofhospice.com.

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