Hospice Quinte: Changing Lives Podcast
Hospice Quinte's weekly 4-5 minute podcast brings you important information about end of life issues, bereavement, grief, hospice palliative care, and Hospice Quinte's services and events. Hospice Quinte also hosts 15 minute interview specials called "Heart to Heart with Hospice Quinte". Changing Lives and Heart to Heart can also be heard on 91.3 Loyalist Radio in Belleville, ON.
Episodes
174 episodes
What are Death Cafes and Death Salons?
Death Cafes and Death Salons have been around for over a decade now and are continuing to grow in popularity. Maybe you’ve heard of them, but some might not know what they are or why people are organizing them. In this episode of Changing Lives...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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5:10
Bereaved Parents Month
Losing a child is something no parent ever wants to go through. While it’s understandable that a parent wouldn’t want to even imagine something that tragic happening to them, it can and does unfortunately happen to people every day. July is Ber...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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6:36
Different Types of Burials
When a person is creating their end-of-life plan, there are a lot of decisions to be made. One of the big ones is what will be done with your body after you die. Most people are aware of the more common options, such as burial and cremation, bu...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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4:50
5 Ways to Help Someone Who is Grieving
Grief can be a difficult thing to work through. It can make everyday tasks like going to work or doing basic chores hard or impossible to do. It’s one thing to go through the death of a loved one alongside another friend or family member as you...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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5:10
InspiAir Presents Hospice Quinte's 4th Annual Charity Golf Tournament
Are you ready to hit the links? On this episode of Changing Lives, we’re going to tell you a bit about our next fundraiser, our 4th Annual Golf Tournament presented by InspiAir. We’ll also let you know why we rely so much on donations, and wher...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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4:47
Spirituality in Hospice Care
There a very large number of different beliefs and cultures that exist in the world, and the one thing many of them have in common is that they all have particular ceremonies around death. They may look very different, but a reverence for death...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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4:57
Eastern Ontario Caregiver Expo 2024
Caregivers work tirelessly to ensure the person they’re caring for is as safe and healthy as they can make them. As a result, nearly all of their energy gets put into providing care with the resources they’ve been given, and they don’t necessar...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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4:25
What is a Death Doula?
Many people have heard of doulas in the context of giving birth, but what is a death doula?On this week’s episode of Changing Lives, we’ll be going over Death Doulas. What are they, and how do they help a person who is dying?
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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5:50
How to Explain Death to a Child
Death can sometimes be a difficult concept to understand, especially for a child. Given there are instances where adults can sometimes reject or avoid the death of someone close to them, it can be challenging for a child to fully grasp the conc...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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5:00
Negative Coping Strategies to Avoid After a Death
A person’s reaction to death depends on a multitude of factors. While there is no right way to mourn the death of someone you know, there can be certain actions a person could take in an attempt to cope that could be harmful to themselves or th...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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4:56
What Does a Volunteer Do at Hospice Quinte?
Volunteers are the lifeblood of Hospice Quinte. They are trained, compassionate, and dedicated as they provide services in our communities. In this episode of Changing Lives, we’re going to look at what our volunteers do to make Hospic...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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5:43
What Happens if You Die At Home Alone?
One of the benefits of choosing in-home hospice care when faced with a terminal illness is that you have a trained volunteer visiting you in your home at regular intervals to check on you. While most people will also have a caregiver to help as...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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6:03
What Happens to Pets When Their Owner Dies?
When it comes to talking about death in relation to pets, the conversation is typically about dealing with the death of the pet. But what happens when it’s the other way around?In this week’s Episode of Changing Lives, we will examine wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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6:01
Answering Common Questions About Hospice Care
Hospice care is a specialized form of healthcare that focuses on providing comfort and support to individuals facing life-limiting illnesses. We often receive the same set of questions around hospice care and for someone who has never had any e...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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9:35
What Do You Do with a Loved One's Things When They Die?
When someone dies, something needs to happen to all their belongings. It can feel like a major invasion of privacy to go through everything they own, and that paired with the constant reminders that they are no longer with us can make the task ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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5:31
How to Have a Living Funeral
Many times when people die, all of their friends, family, and acquaintances come to the funeral to pay their respects and say goodbye for the final time. But you may be thinking to yourself, if I was dying, I wouldn’t want everyone that’s ever ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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6:53
Changing Traditions After the Death of a Loved One
The holidays can be a painful time for many who are grieving the loss of a loved one. There are oftentimes traditions or events that a person would be involved in that they are no longer around for, and that changes the dynamic of the whole cel...
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3:53
International Volunteer Day 2023
Did you know that December 5th is International Volunteer Day as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1997? This day is set aside not only to recognize the efforts of UN volunteers, but of all volunteers across the globe. So why...
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4:49
Why You Should Learn Your Family Health History
It’s a common turn of phrase for someone to say that something “runs in their family”. Typically they’re referring to a personality trait or a physical feature. However this can also frequently refer to medical conditions. With Nov...
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5:32
Death in Different Cultures
With Halloween almost upon us, why not take some time to take a look at the origins of the holiday, some other ways different cultures celebrate death, and other traditions based around the communal celebration of death.Learn about thre...
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5:16
What's it Like to Work at Hospice Quinte?
You might think that a workplace that deals with the topic of death every single day would be a depressing one, and that discussing such a depressing topic must make for a depressing workplace culture.Here at Hospice Quinte, that couldn’...
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6:34
World Hospice Palliative Care Day 2023
Celebrated annually, on the second Saturday in October, World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action, to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world!Learn more about it on this week's episode o...
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4:29
Memories at the End of Life
As human beings, we all experience the reality that memories can fade over time. While memories tied to strong emotions tend to stay with us throughout our lives, everyday memories are not deeply embedded in our long-term memory. L...
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4:03
Planning the Care You Want at the End of Life
Most people tend to avoid having end of life care discussions. Who wants to talk about dying when talking about living is much easier and exciting! It’s much easier to envision a peaceful death where one dies quietly in their sleep. This scenar...
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4:27
Harvesting Hope for Hospice Quinte Car Rally & Artisan Market
Over the course of each year, Hospice Quinte holds a variety of events to help raise funds in order to keep our programs operational. Some of our more popular events end up becoming annual affairs, and the Harvesting Hope Car Rally and Artisan ...
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