Podcasts about dignity therapy

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. 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

In this episode of Room 64, we are joined by Russell Armstrong and Sue Strong from the Barwon Health Palliative Care Dignity Therapy team. Russell shares his extensive knowledge and experience as the Dignity Therapy team manager and we also hear from Sue about the privilege of volunteering with the team and engaging with palliative care patients as they share their life stories for family and friends to cherish after they have passed away. Please take the opportunity to listen and share with your families and friends to keep these conversations happening.

Harvey Chochinov, MD, PhD is an esteemed clinician and researcher in the field of palliative care. He shares his research on dignity, dignity therapy and the Dignity Question that is vital for providing the highest quality end of life care.You will be inspired by his work and learn tools that you can bring right to the bedside.You can find Dr. Chochinov on Linked in or at:Twitter: @hmchochinovHarvey.chochinov@cancercare.mb.caThank you for being a heart-centered healer!Delia Chiaramonte, MDwww.integrativepalliative.com My book Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is out! If you're a physician, clinician, or have a loved one with dementia, cancer or other serious illness or an aging parent this book is for you.Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One's Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com Free Guide: 5 Things Women With an Ill or Aging Loved One Should Stop Doing Today https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/pl/2148301062 Please review this podcast wherever you listen and forward your favorite episode to a friend! And be sure to subscribe!Sign up to stay connected and learn about upcoming programs:https://trainings.integrativepalliative.com/IPI-stay-in-touchI'm thrilled to be listed in Feedspot's top 15 palliative podcasts!https://blog.feedspot.com/palliative_care_podcasts/

Als Psychiater und Palliativmediziner erkannte Harvey M. Chochinov, dass beim Wunsch, vorzeitig zu versterben das Würde-Gefühl bzw. das Gefühl des Würde-Verlusts einen zentralen Stellenwert einnehmen. Dies führte zur Entwicklung des Würdemodells und der sogenannten "Dignity Therapy", der würdezentrierten Therapie. In Folge 14 sprechen wir über diese einzigartige und individualisierte Kurzintervention für Palliativpatient:innen und wie uns bestimmte Fragen im täglichen Handeln helfen können.

Loneliness, regret, fear and depression are all too common in today's society, in fact, a recent survey has shown 10–15 per cent of older Australian adults experience anxiety or depression, but new research from Swinburne University has what they believe is a pathway  to alleviating mental suffering in the elderly. Lead author Dr John Fallon says effective life review therapy or dignity therapy could help protect older adults from advancing to mental illness. So what is dignity therapy and how might it help inspire the lives of older adults Click on today's podcast as we join DrJohn Fallon to explore this this exciting groundbreaking research and its findings.

Haven believes every legacy needs a beautiful Haven to call home. Maggie Gannon and the Haven team support people at end of life by empowering them to share their legacy. According to Haven's website, they are “on a mission to improve the quality of all our lives by changing the way the world thinks about death. We do this by giving everyone a beautiful home to preserve their story and grow closer together with loved ones now, while helping everyone stay connected to their memory after death.” Through storytelling, Haven offers one-stop shopping for creating and preserving legacy. It allows people with serious illness to record their memories and life stories, reconnecting them with their past.  Haven also offers a way for hospice agencies to provide this storytelling service to their patients. By integrating Dignity Therapy with technology, Haven partners with hospice teams to allow people at end of life to preserve their life stories.  End of Life Doulas can also partner with Haven. Haven is the first Doula-centric company built from clinical research to help Doulas everywhere support clients and grow private practice. Find out more about Haven's services at hvnlegacy.com. Read Maggie Gannon's story here. Email Maggie at maggie@hvnlegacy.com.  Find out how your Hospice Agency can partner with Haven to improve the quality of life for your patients here.     If you're an End of Life Doula who wants to partner with Haven, click here.  Find more information about hospice philosophy, end of life care, and self care for both personal and professional caregivers here.   Connect with The Heart of Hospice podcast on The Whole Care Network, along with a host of other caregiver podcasts by clicking here.  Book podcast host Helen Bauer to speak at your event or conference by sending an email to helen@theheartofhospice.com.  Find more podcast episodes from The Heart of Hospice at The Heart of Hospice Podcast (theheartofhospice.com)

Haven believes every legacy needs a beautiful Haven to call home. Maggie Gannon and the Haven team support people at end of life by empowering them to share their legacy.  According to Haven's website, they are “on a mission to improve the quality of all our lives by changing the way the world thinks about death. We do this by giving everyone a beautiful home to preserve their story and grow closer together with loved ones now while helping everyone stay connected to their memory after death.”  Through storytelling, Haven offers one-stop shopping for creating and preserving legacy.  It allows people with serious illness to record their memories and life stories, reconnecting them with their past.  Haven also offers a way for hospice agencies to provide this storytelling service to their patients.  By integrating Dignity Therapy with technology, Haven partners with hospice teams to allow people at end of life to preserve their life stories.  End-of-Life Doulas can also partner with Haven. Haven is the first Doula-centric company built from clinical research to help Doulas everywhere support clients and grow private practice. Find out more about Haven's services at hvnlegacy.com. Read Maggie Gannon's story here. Email Maggie at maggie@hvnlegacy.com. Find out how your Hospice Agency can partner with Haven to improve the quality of life for your patients here.     If you're an End of Life Doula who wants to partner with Haven, click here.  Find more information about hospice philosophy, end-of-life care, and self-care for both personal and professional caregivers here.   Connect with The Heart of Hospice podcast on The Whole Care Network, along with a host of other caregiver podcasts by clicking here.  Book podcast host Helen Bauer to speak at your event or conference by sending an email to helen@theheartofhospice.com.  Find more podcast episodes from The Heart of Hospice at The Heart of Hospice Podcast (theheartofhospice.com)    

Haven believes every legacy needs a beautiful Haven to call home. Maggie Gannon and the Haven team support people at end of life by empowering them to share their legacy. According to Haven's website, they are “on a mission to improve the quality of all our lives by changing the way the world thinks about death. We do this by giving everyone a beautiful home to preserve their story and grow closer together with loved ones now, while helping everyone stay connected to their memory after death.” Through storytelling, Haven offers one-stop shopping for creating and preserving legacy. It allows people with serious illness to record their memories and life stories, reconnecting them with their past.  Haven also offers a way for hospice agencies to provide this storytelling service to their patients. By integrating Dignity Therapy with technology, Haven partners with hospice teams to allow people at end of life to preserve their life stories.  End of Life Doulas can also partner with Haven. Haven is the first Doula-centric company built from clinical research to help Doulas everywhere support clients and grow private practice. Find out more about Haven's services at hvnlegacy.com. Read Maggie Gannon's story here. Email Maggie at maggie@hvnlegacy.com.  Find out how your Hospice Agency can partner with Haven to improve the quality of life for your patients here.     If you're an End of Life Doula who wants to partner with Haven, click here.  Find more information about hospice philosophy, end of life care, and self care for both personal and professional caregivers here.   Connect with The Heart of Hospice podcast on The Whole Care Network, along with a host of other caregiver podcasts by clicking here.  Book podcast host Helen Bauer to speak at your event or conference by sending an email to helen@theheartofhospice.com.  Find more podcast episodes from The Heart of Hospice at The Heart of Hospice Podcast (theheartofhospice.com)

We explore Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov's work on dignity therapy, its application in practice, and ways we can enhance humanism in medicine. Dr. Chochinov is a psychiatrist and researcher in palliative and end-of-life care. Our discussion also touches on burnout and systemic challenges the field of medicine faces. Hosts: Eyrn, Toshia Guests: Harvey Max Chochinov, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Yasmine Dakhama, MS4 References: Website to learn more about online dignity therapy training workshops: https://dignityincare.ca/en/ Chochinov HM, Hack T, Hassard T, Kristjanson LJ, McClement S, Harlos M. Dignity therapy: a novel psychotherapeutic intervention for patients near the end of life. J Clin Oncol. 2005 Aug 20;23(24):5520-5. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.08.391. PMID: 16110012. Chochinov HM. The platinum rule: a new standard for person-centered care. J Palliat Med. 2022;25(6):854-856. doi:10.1089/jpm.2022.0075 Chochinov HM. The Platinum Rule: A New Standard for Person-Centered Care. J Palliat Med. 2022 Jun;25(6):854-856. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0075. Epub 2022 Feb 25. PMID: 35230173; PMCID: PMC9145569. Chochinov HM, McClement S, Hack T, Thompson G, Dufault B, Harlos M. Eliciting Personhood Within Clinical Practice: Effects on Patients, Families, and Health Care Providers. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Jun;49(6):974-80.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.11.291. Epub 2014 Dec 17. PMID: 25527441. Chochinov HM. Dignity and the essence of medicine: the A, B, C, and D of dignity conserving care. BMJ. 2007 Jul 28;335(7612):184-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39244.650926.47. PMID: 17656543; PMCID: PMC1934489.

Eric and I weren't sure what to call this podcast  - storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine?  We discussed it with today's guests Heather Coats, palliative care NP-scientist, and Thor Ringler, poet.  It wasn't until the end that the best term emerged - storycatching.  Because that really is what this is about.  Clinicians “catching” patient life stories.    What's in a story?  Well, as we learned, everything.  Our patients aren't “the 76 year old with heart failure in room 202,” as Heather Coats astutely noted.  They're people, and what makes us people if not our life's stories?  Our loves, our triumphs, our failures, our work, our families.   Thor Ringler helped start the My Life My Story project at the Madison VA in Wisconsin.  It's since spread to over 70 VAs.  VA “gets” the importance of storytelling in medicine, without the need for reams of research to back it up.  As Thor notes, capturing patient stories has face validity as positively impacting the patients who share their stories and have them documented, and for the clinicians who get to truely and deeply know their patients in far greater depth than “what brought you to the hospital?” Heather Coats is hard at work establishing the evidence base for the power of capturing patient stories in healthcare settings, for those health systems that need a little more convincing.    Wonderful work.  Enjoy! Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1529359511?i=1000489683280 Every Veteran has a story. Our mission is to help them tell it.https://www.va.gov/wholehealth/mylifemystory/ My Life, My Story: VA's healthcare improvements through deliberate storytelling - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpzgVlExS20&ab_channel=VeteransHealthAdministration Storytelling Helps Hospital Staff Discover The Person Within The Patienthttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/08/729351842/storytelling-helps-hospital-staff-discover-the-person-within-the-patient A few data based publication links from Person-Centered Narrative Intervention Program of Research:  Unpacking characteristics of spirituality through the lens of persons of colour living with serious illness: The need for nurse-based education to increase understanding of the spiritual dimension in healthcarehttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jocn.16055 Integration of Person-Centered Narratives Into the Electronic Health Record: Study Protocolhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32740306/ Bennett, C.R., Shive, N., Coats, H. (2020). What Mattered Then, Now, and Always: Illness Narratives From Persons of Color. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 22 (5):392-400/ PMID: 32740304https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32740304/ Coats, H., Meek, P., Schilling, L., Akard, T., Doorenbos, A. (2020). Connection -- The Integration of a Person-Centered Narrative Intervention into the Electronic Health Record: An implementation study. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 23 (6) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7249456/ Coats, H., Crist, J., Berger, A., Sternberg, E., & Rosenfeld, A. (2015). African American elders' serious illness experiences: Narratives of “God did,” “God will,” and “Life is better.” Qualitative Health Research. doi:10.1177/1049732315620153.  PMID: 26701962https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1049732315620153.  Narrative Methods Textbook referenced in podcastNarrative Methods for the Human Sciences A few Dignity Therapy- Harvey Max Chochinov links https://dignityincare.ca/en/about-us.html About us - Dignity in Carehttps://dignityincare.ca/en/about-us.html Research Team - Dignity in Carehttps://dignityincare.ca/en/research-team.html Other links: Curiosity by Faith Fitgeraldhttps://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/10.7326/0003-4819-130-1-199901050-00015 Eric's blog post on Dignity Therapy from 2011https://geripal.org/study-of-dignity-therapy-on-distress/  

How can we make the end of life meaningful, retaining dignity, honor, respect, and esteem?  We discuss a concept called Dignity in Care - practical ideas and tools to support a culture of compassion and respect throughout the health care system - and interview Dr. Harvey Chochinov, who developed a Dignity Therapy program in Manitoba that is replicated worldwide.

Dignity Therapy is a new approach to helping those who are suffering from life threatening or life-limiting conditions. Not only does a loss of hope and identity interfere with normal “cure” therapy it also makes a person susceptible to the seductions of euthanasia. St. Alphonsus Liguori reminds us that we will not be saved unless we persevere until the end. Dignity Therapy can be thought of as a bit of self-defense training at a vulnerable stage in life.

Stories are powerful. They help us connect, energize, and heal. As a Clinical Social Worker at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center trained in Dignity Therapy, Jean Ligocki uses the power of storytelling as medicine for patients with terminal illness. In this episode, Jean shares some amazing encounters she has had with patients and their families undergoing Dignity Therapy as part of end-of-life care.

Dignity therapy is a different slant on story telling.  A structured and therapeutic form of story telling, dignity therapy aims to provide comfort and a sense of meaning for people at the end of their lives.  In this episode I speak with Sarah Lamb and Lisa Jones, social workers who  who practice dignity therapy.  

Jacqui White joins the discussion to talk about the future of end-of-life care as Barwon Health's palliative care program manager, the discomfort most people experience when discussing death, and how to involve and engage the community with a better understanding of dying.Presented by Christine Brooks and Dominic BlackProduced by Christine Brooks, Jen Walsh and Dominic BlackSpecial thanks to Jill Carter, Melanie Davies, Dr Ian Grant, Jonathan Muller, Sue Ritter, Jacqui White and the Barwon Health Palliative Care Unit.Thanks also to Dianne Johnston for transcribing all the interviews.

Sue Ritter discusses her late husband Pete's terminal illness, the process of deciding together to move him into palliative care, and balancing her role as a carer and a wife.Music in Part 3: CandlelightFrom the album Grab BagBy Jahzzarhttp://www.betterwithmusic.com/projects/grab-bag/Used under Creative Commons ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcodePresented by Christine Brooks and Dominic BlackProduced by Christine Brooks, Jen Walsh and Dominic BlackSpecial thanks to Jill Carter, Melanie Davies, Dr Ian Grant, Jonathan Muller, Sue Ritter, Jacqui White and the Barwon Health Palliative Care Unit.Thanks also to Dianne Johnston for transcribing all the interviews.

Clinical nurse consultant Mel Davies talks about some misconceptions of end-of-life care, how people view death and dying, and what it means to care for people with a terminal illness.Presented by Christine Brooks and Dominic BlackProduced by Christine Brooks, Jen Walsh and Dominic BlackSpecial thanks to Jill Carter, Melanie Davies, Dr Ian Grant, Jonathan Muller, Sue Ritter, Jacqui White and the Barwon Health Palliative Care Unit.Thanks also to Dianne Johnston for transcribing all the interviews.

Christine Brooks shares her experiences in Room 64, where her mother Evelyn spent her final three weeks in palliative care. Christine discusses the way they spent Evelyn's final days together, her interactions with Barwon Health staff, and preparing for the death of a loved one.Presented by Christine Brooks and Dominic BlackProduced by Christine Brooks, Jen Walsh and Dominic BlackSpecial thanks to Jill Carter, Melanie Davies, Dr Ian Grant, Jonathan Muller, Sue Ritter, Jacqui White and the Barwon Health Palliative Care Unit.Thanks also to Dianne Johnston for transcribing all the interviews.Music in Part 1: ArcticPodington Bearsoundofpicture.comUsed under license (license holder Michael Black)

Emotional or existential distress is not as easily noticed in patients with serious illness. Dr. Jennifer Moore is a palliative medicine consultant, specializing in dignity therapy. Claire Suarez is a physician’s assistant working in in-patient oncology and is trained in meaning centered therapy. Irene, Dori and Giovanna reference Harvey Chochinov’s work in dignity therapy and how it uses questions to help discover meaning in patients lives. Asking: “What has meaning for you?” “What is the most meaningful for you?” “What had meaning before your illness?” “How has that changed?” “How has that impacted you?” “What keeps you going?” LInk to Dignity Therapy: http://www.dignityincare.ca/en/toolkit.html It is discussed how imparting meaning is not helpful for the patient but we can ask questions and actively listen. This exploration needs to be a journey of self-awareness. Patients can feel stuck in a situation, and showing kindness can help their experience.  Patients may shy away from talking about meaning, but it can be helpful to explore. It doesn’t need to be an hour-long conversation; it can be many short conversations. The hosts end the season by talking about how the psychological condition can impact physical condition so treating patient, as a whole is important. Helping treat the priority of conditions directed by the patient can establish a therapeutic relationship of trust. Ask questions that go beyond the physical state.

We need validation. Leave a review: iTunes | Stitcher Our show this time was record in front of a remarkably appreciative audience at The Examined Life Conference, and it was a lot of fun.  We talked with several presenters from the conference, including Gabriel Ledger an emergency physician who became a filmmaker when he decided he wanted to find out more about the patients he'd encountered in the ER.  We spoke with Emily White, an Iowa undergrad who has been doing research on Dignity Therapy and who no doubt has a bright future in medicine.  Toni Becker is a speech language pathology grad student whose portraiture and interviews of people with disabilities remind us of their significance.  Susan Ball is associate director of the New York Presbyterian's AIDS care center, and shared with us her experiences as a physician at the start of the AIDS epidemic. Dignity Therapy: A Novel Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Patients Near the End of Life Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful The Rest of My Life: Stories of Trauma Survivors The Examined Life Conference: The Writing, Humanities, and Arts of Medicine Your Hosts This Week: [huge_it_gallery id=”28″] Listen to more great shows for medical students on The Vocalis Podcast Network. The opinions expressed in this feed and podcast are not those of the University of Iowa or the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine; nor do they reflect the views of anyone other than the people who expressed them.  If you have feedback on anything you hear on the show, positive or not, let us know.…