There is little value in having a multidisciplinary team if the members don’t work in an interdisciplinary way. Without this approach, the team is little more than a collection of individuals going about their day, doing their own thing. Not really a team at all...
Listen to Prof of palliative medicine @rmacleod5; pall care social worker @jowoodSW; Violet Guide & manager Rose Dillon; executive coach Terri Soller; ICU specialist @IA_Mitchell; & me.
Each conversation shows one of us 'thinking aloud' as we reflect deeply on a conversation.
Delighted to share @Violet_org_au's new podcast, Violet's 5 Questions: a deep dive into deep conversations.
In these 6 shows, experienced communicators and clinicians each reflect on a significant conversation from their own practice.
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Told today by 2 palliative care units they are being closed & turned into COVID units. I know hospital management would not have wanted to make this decision. They are running out of options. Living with COVID 😢 @AHSRI_UOW @PCOCPallCare@ANZSPM@PCNAust@CroakeyNews @UOW_VC
@Banani31 @DrKate_Miller Yep, know this too well unfortunately 😔 I’ve recently stepped away from working in acute healthcare after many years, and saw this happen far too frequently.
When I visit aged care facilities, residents talk about their loneliness. They talk about a focus on tasks - that no one is seeing the real them. The person behind the task. A person with a rich life history. A person with likes, dislikes, fears, worries, interests & wisdom.
Life can be messy, uncertain & complex.
The human experience doesn’t fit into neat little boxes.
Sitting with distress is challenging.
But, if someone can sit with my pain, then it gives me the sense that I can carry all of that complexity inside of me and survive.
There have been times where I’ve sat on the floor with a person as they cried and screamed and wailed with raw grief. I didn’t talk, I just sat. Sometimes I held them.
There are times where people don’t need words. They need presence. They need warmth. They need safety.