How we die matters and advance care planning
A personal reflection on how death notes the importance of advance care planning ACP to guide decisions when one cannot speak for themselves. It urges conversations with loved ones, sharing values and beliefs, to reduce stress and ensure wishes are honored by a substitute decision maker.
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Kortes-Miller
Hospice Northwest Services
Hospice Northwest
Making Moments Matter Through Hospice Northwest Services
Hospice Northwest Services offers education and resources for advance care planning. The column by Donna Jeanpierre discusses conversations about death, planning, and supporting families, urging donations on Giving Tuesday and providing contact details for more information.
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Donna Jeanpierre
Hospice Northwest Services
Hospice Northwest
Chronicle-Journal
Violet Jean Faye
Doctor shares cautions on retirement residence living
Ken Walker writes Healthy Retirement Residence Living detailing safety gear in bathrooms, fall prevention, and dietary tips. He warns about fecal impaction, emphasizes vitamin C benefits, exercise, and managing weight, as his final book in a Toronto based doctor journalist career, with a weekly Chronicle Journal slot.
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Doctor
Chronicle-Journal
Ken Walker
W. Gifford-Jones
Toronto
Docgiff.com
BC teen bird flu case shows no new human infections
British Columbia health officials say the first Canadian human case of H5N1 is not linked to additional infections. The teen remains in critical care at BC Children's Hospital but is stable and making limited progress. 34 healthcare workers were monitored for symptoms and 16 close contacts tracked. genome data suggest containment with no direct poultry farm link.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Waterloo
British Columbia
Bonnie Henry
Henry
Canada
B.C
Fraser Valley
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Fraser Health
BC Children’s Hospital
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