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Launch of Book: A Beginner's Guide for Care of the Dying.

WORLD CANCER DAY, 2022,4thFEB

#WorldCancerDay2022 ##Close_the_Care_gap #cancerawareness #cancerprevention If you place the question on the world table," Do you have terror in mind knowing that you are diagnosed with cancer?" Except a very few, all will answer "yes". Though medical treatment is in advancing stage, the care gap still exists. It's estimated that 55 million people are drowned below poverty line due to high expense for the treatment. They are devoid of proper treatment. Herein lies the Care gap which must be equalised , the responsibility is shouldered on the government machinery. I have seen many patients of hands to mouth families take a voyage to the unknown world leaving the property account zero or in minus burdened with loans. New cases in india registered in 2020 is 800000. Mortality rate shows 7.3 per 1000 which is in declining graph. One woman dies of cervical cancer every 8 minutes in India. For every 2 women newly diagno...

Spirituality and Palliative Care

#birthdayofswamivivekananda #spirituality #palliativecare #endoflifecare #onenessofdivinity On this very auspicious day mind goes beyond control. The preaching of Swami Vivekananda with special reference to religion and spirituality for the sake of mankind to treat a person as a whole serving humanity , motivating all to walk along the right path to seek happiness within self and make others happy with our compassionate heart. If I go deep down to the Ocean of Palliative Care, I can connect this with the philosophical thoughts of Swami Vivekananda. " Illness is a spiritual event.It grasps persons by the soul and by the body and disturbs them both. It raises troubling questions of a transcendental nature...... about meaning, value and relationship." Daniel P Sulmasy, Academic Medicine. Spiritual relationship is the relationship of love , unconditional eternal love sometime...

WORLD HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE DAY

#WORLD_HOSPICE_AND_PALLIATIVE_CARE_DAY_9thOctober_2021# Pallium India KOSISH-the hospice EIPC This year's theme is "Leave No One Behind "-- equity access to palliative care. Everyone should be accessible to healthcare system with the aid of Palliative Care irrespective of caste, creed, religion, economic status. Examples of inequities in Palliative Care access are the following categories of people-- Older Persons, Racial minorities, Homeless people, Prisoners, People with disability, LGBTQ community, Sex workers, Migratory working class, Children. 88% of people who need Palliative care are deprived of. Still palliative care is not fully integrated. Palliative care is rarely adequately financed by the government. In India, only 2% of the total patients receive palliative care. So to mitigate su...

Grief and Grieving- Covid19

#Seventeenth_death_anniversary_ElisabethKublarRoss# #Grief_and_grieving# #Covid19_Pandemic# #Infliction_of_suffering_and_pain# #Humble_tribute_to_Elisabethkublarross# . #Grief is a natural emotional response to losing beloved living being or something important to one who has experienced loss. Grief is not only for loss of someone but someother related to dignity, justice, visibility. Recent covid19 pandemic has invaded a many part of the society damaging a few parts of a family beginning from a child, teenager, adult, middle aged and elderly parents . Grief and Grieving is unique to each one . Loss of a loved one due to covid19 in ICU causes emotional disaster being deprived of caring with soft touch and funeral rites. Grief is everlasting, teaches us how to cope with. Elisabeth said, " Death is but a transition from this life to another existence where there is no more pain or anguish." Long suffering (li...

#GRIEF_CHANGES_SHAPE_OF_LIFE# " DEATH IS BUT A TRANSITION FROM THIS LIFE TO ANOTHER EXISTENCE WHERE THERE IS NO MORE PAIN AND ANGUISH. ALL THE BITTERNESS AND DISAGREEMENT WILL VANISH AND THE ONLY THING THAT LIVES FOREVER IS LOVE." ---- Dr ELISABETH KUBLER ROSS. I wonder who I am now, what's my present identity compared to the previous life before losing my beloved wife with cancer , shape of my life has been changed after sending off my heart signalling with green flag for her smooth voyage to the unknown world her OWN HOME. I am indebted to #PalliumIndia,#Caregiversaathi,#Patientsengage,#ElisabethKublerRossFoundation,#LoveHealsCancer,#EasternIndiaPalliativeCare# for great support . The death of a loved one can lead to significant shifts in one's personality, changing thought process , priority, emotional pattern, developing new interest and learning new knowledge and skills which help to ignite positivity in life, what I am now deeply connected with the vast Kingdom of Palliative care, skills in caregiving (my experience of caring for my wife) , the essence of caring for the Dying and the Grieving, Compassionate Bereavement Approaches, learning how to express my feelings and experience, being privileged to speak invited by different platforms, #still_long_way_to_go_before_I_go_to_sleep#I know. Grief is everlasting, one can't forget the loved one, may be mother, father, siblings, spouse, intimate friend, but teaches us a lot. I have learnt a many aspect while I was the sole caregiver for my beloved wife. Whenever I feel lonely, I recall the sweet memories of our conjugal life which obviously heals my pain . Grieving is a normal behavioural process, one can't get rid of. To me it's only three and a half years passed, I am tempted to mention one living example of inspiration , one of my elder brother lost his wife 25 years ago , lost his only son, but still his wife is in his heart always, he told me yesterday, he added," This is love, eternal one". He is my inspiration how to cope with the loss . Then the support groups and friends have shown me the right path to step out. I have been enriched with knowledge how to navigate Grief from #PalliumIndia,#ElisabethKublerRossFoundation#. Grief is not linear but complicated . The more grieving people engage with life, the more privilege they will receive to cope with Grief. I sometimes ask myself, " How are you feeling connected with the counseling the terminal cancer patients and caregivers and the bereaved families, and involved in advocacy of Palliative care?" My answer is, " I feel better and satisfied than the former life ". I must confess and admit that the willpower within me, ( everyone possesses) has been ignited and imbued by my beloved wife , her eternal soul, and I keep my smile on even if I narrate the journey of my wife. There are a few tips how to cope with grief.1. convey experience of pain and loss, share it.2. Be resilient,3.Enjoy music or art , sweet memories,4. Self-care,5.Join a support group. Each person grieves in different way, he/she has to find out the positive way himself/herself how to cope with the Grief.