The Waiting Room Revolution
This podcast can help anyone dealing with serious illness. Over the years, we have cared for and interviewed thousands of patients and families who tell us they felt overwhelmed and ‘in the dark’ during their illness journey. Yet we sometimes heard stories where individuals felt prepared, in control and ‘in the know.’ What was the difference between these experiences? The answer is the 7 keys. Join your hosts Dr. Samantha Winemaker, palliative care doctor, and Dr. Hsien Seow, health care researcher, as they share real-life stories to explain the 7 keys to being hopeful and prepared when facing serious illness. For more information visit: waitingroomrevolution.com Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa.
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Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
In this episode, we chat with Laura Watts: Founder and CEO of CanAge, author, laywer and advocate. She is also an Assistant Professor at University of Toronto where she teaches Law and Aging. In this episode, we discuss CanAge, advocacy in senior patients and families at the policy and individual level, motivation behind her book and aging well around the world. For more information about Laura's work visit: www.canage.ca/
For more information visit: www.waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
This episode features our conversation with Clare Fuller, a Registered Nurse with a passion for advance care planning. Clare owns Speak for Me a Lasting Power of Attorney consultant service in the UK. She is also the host of the Conversations about Advance Care podcast. We talk about what shes learned from hosting her podcast and some of the tools shes developed to help people plan for the future. Learn more about Clare's work and check out her podcast here: https://speakforme.co.uk/
For more information visit: www.waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
This episode features our conversation with Dr. Christian Ntzimira. Christian is a palliative care physician, Founder and Executive Director of African Centre for Research on End of Life care. He also published a book called The Safari Concept: An African Framework for End of Life Care that uses animal metaphors to characterize patterns of a family's suffering and how healthcare providers can use this to tailor their emotional, physical and spiritual care they provide. In this episode, we discuss what providing palliative care in Rwanda looks like, the role of community in life and death, animal metaphors to describe suffering and lessons in care that transcend culture and country. You can find Christian's book on Amazon and to learn more about his work visit: www.acreol.org/
For more information visit: www.waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
This episode features our conversation with Dr. Susan Cadell. Susan is a professor at the University of Waterloo in the Department of Social Work. She is a researcher who focuses on positive aspects of stress and coping including post traumatic growth. Today we chat about her research, memorial tattoos and grief including grief after Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Find out more about Susans work here: https://uwaterloo.ca/school-of-social-work/profiles/susan-cadell
For more information visit: www.waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
In this episode, we chat with Jia Ying Tay. Jia Ying is an end of life doula based out of Singapore and the founder of Happy ever after, a service that connects with and support individuals directly in end of life planning. She also served as a co-creative producer of an arts based community engagement project called Both Sides Now. We talk about her journey to becoming an end of life doula in Singapore, the inspiration behind creating her company and the complexities of navigating conversations about death and dying in Asian cultures. To find out more about Jia Ying's work visit: www.happyeverafter.sg/ and www.bothsidesnow.sg.
For more information visit: www.waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
This episode features our conversation with Dr. Jared Rubenstein. He is a pediatric palliative care doctor and medical educator from Houston, Texas who creates animated videos to provoke discussion around challenging topics in healthcare, especially palliative care. We chat about how his videos connect with the upstaream messages of the Waiting Room Revolution and the ways we need to innovate education, not just for providers for also for the public. To see Jareds work visit his website: https://www.jaredrubensteinmd.com/
For more information visit: https://waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
This episode features our conversation with Kristin Flanary a.k.a. Lady Glaucomflecken on Social Media. She is a co-host on the podcast Knock Knock Hi with her husband Dr. Glaucomflecken. Kristin advocates for caregivers and co-survivors of medical trauma, and patient caregiver centered care. We chat about the origin story of the Glaucomflecken name, the motivation behind her advocacy work and her exciting projects aimed at bringing humanity back into health care. To check out Kristin's work visit: https://glaucomflecken.com/
For more information visit: https://waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
This episode features our conversation with Laurel Wittman, president of the Well Spouse Association. Laurel focuses on supports for younger, well spouses. We chat about her experience as a caregiver for her husband Eduardo, who has Multiple Sclerosis, what their journey has been like and what has saved her life. To learn more about the Well Spouse Association visit: https://wellspouse.org/
For more information visit: https://waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
This episode features photographer Stephen Starkman. This episide is a combination of two different conversations had a few months apart as we speak with Stephen about his journey with small cell lung cancer. We explore what its like to live with a life- limiting illness that will progress and the importance of being in the know.
For more information about Stephens art and book: https://www.stephenstarkman.com/
For more information visit: https://waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
Tuesday Oct 03, 2023
This episode features social worker Joanna Vautour. Joanna is Anishinaabe and a band member of Serpent River First Nation. She is passionate about trauma informed care and transforming the healthcare system to provide culturally safe care for everyone. We discuss this in this episode alongside strengthening palliative care in Indigenous communities, cultural outlooks on dying and death in the community and residential schools and its generational impact.
For more information visit: www.waitingroomrevolution.com
Our theme song is Maypole by Ketsa and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0