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Engaging Scribes in Efforts to Advance Palliative Care Reporting
Palliative care is everyone’s business. It is more than the patients and care providers. It goes beyond hospice and care units to the various public stakeholders including governments. Most importantly, it involves the media who are an integral part of society. As the...
A cancer diagnosis, isn’t the end of the world
“When one is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the first thought is to panic and think this is the end of the world. Once you go through the process, you realize there is so much more to life than the diagnosis and that life actually never ends.” These are the words...
Fun Times All Round for Hospice Patients Because Life is Short
It is a new age saying among the young people nowadays, You Only Live Once (YOLO). Well, for patients at Nairobi Hospice in Nairobi, their latest day care this was the mantra. Four corporate partners of the hospice were visiting the patients to offer hair and beauty...
Hospice Care Work Explained To the Youth
It is often a cliché that is used numerous times on a daily basis; the youth are the future of tomorrow. But looking at it critically and especially in palliative care work, it actually rings true. For palliative care to continue growing and becoming an integral part...
Going to the airwaves to spread the Palliative Care message
Radio is the most intimate and socially personal medium in the world, so said Harry von Zell, a renowned American radio announcer. Radio remains one of the most powerful forms of media and its reach is beyond comprehension. It reaches across many borders to impact...
Pain Free Hospital Initiative in Kenya
Efforts to scale up pain relief around Kenya have in the recent past been championed by Treat the Pain, a program of the American Cancer society which has been working closely with Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association. The ministry of Health is now procuring...