@jowoodSW

Social Worker - RACFs. Mum to 3 boys 💚Interested in palliative care & aged care. Authenticity, compassion, collaboration. Views are my own. @pallmeded

 Melbourne, Australia
facebook.com/PallMedEd
Joined April 2016
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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...
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@Pall_Care_Aus @WaltherPallCare @hediehm @Elissa_Campbell @KublerRoss @Priankabh @diana_mbhf @rachelcogs @ntizimira @Palliative_Scot @NaheedD @ElversonJo @kesleeman @AAHPM @access2care @palliumindia @amaranwosu @drleeroyw @jowoodSW @LucyAlexandria @hospicedoctor @SConnidis
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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.
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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. omny.fm/shows/violet-s-5-que…

Violet's 5 Questions: A deep dive into deep conversations clips

In this series, we invite people to unravel a high stakes or “tender” conversation that has stayed with them by answering 5 key questions on how it went. Violet’s 5 questions are co-designed by best...

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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
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Replying to @jowoodSW
So much this. You might like this theguardian.com/commentisfre…

'I am a people person. I want my family to visit': stories of older Australian migrants during...

We say ‘it takes a village to raise a child’, but the same principle of care applies to people as they age

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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.
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@jowoodSW derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/p…

Mum of autistic teenager tells of ‘absolute fight’ with Derbyshire County Council

A Derbyshire mum has told of the ‘absolute fight’ she has faced to get her autistic son the education and support he deserves.

derbyshiretimes.co.uk
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Very exciting times at @Violet_org_au: a new #podcast series to deliver our Academy #training & #inspiration! Thank you to our advisors & thought leaders who have been so generous with their time & wisdom. Stay tuned! @_anniefox @rmacleod5 @drkathrynmannix @jowoodSW #socent
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Pressuring people to be positive turns emotional intelligence into emotional labor. Toxic workplaces police people’s emotions. Healthy workplaces offer freedom of emotional expression. Showing stress or sadness isn't unprofessional. It's human. tedtalks.social/WLAdam @mervatim
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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.
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Your value as a human is not determined by your usefulness to another person, institution or system.
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We don't talk enough about grief & loss with chronic illness/disability. The loss of your health, the life that could've been, control over your body, certain opportunities, financial security, people who don't understand. It's a continual feeling not something you just get over.
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#MedicalTwitter, this is not OK. Please look at this story, & the responses, to see the uphill struggle we have to talk with compassion about CPR to people who are sick, frightened & not accompanied by their loved ones during this time of covid. Some comments: 1/
Andy Coates@AndyWoodturner5 Jun 2021
Slightly angry to learn that upon arrival on Friday FIL was told by a young Dr, "You could have a heart attack while you're here. Do you want to be resuscitated if you do?" Answering, "Yes", was told, "But you might not be the same. You might need a lot of care." Fucking wankers
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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.
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Knowing a lot about a research area and having the skills to be a great leader are not the same thing. Academia would be so much healthier if we stopped conflating these things.
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Our clinical committee member, Dr Kathryn Mannix, explains in this 4 minute video why "Dying actually is not as bad as you think" hubs.la/H0PgTZs0

VIDEO: Why we should all talk about dying

Why we should all talk about dying according to Dr Katheryn Mannix

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I was talking to about 100 final year #socialwork students last week about how/why a focus on #selfcare is not enough, is individualised coping about wrongs that need to be held as collective responsibility. Wish I had been armed with these excellent words from @conamorgloria 👇🏼
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Would Canada react differently if the remains of 215 white children were discovered?
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I have no idea why some therapists and therapies put emphasis on forgiveness as a desired outcome. Oppressed, abused and hurt people do not have a responsibility to forgive, nor is it always a desirable outcome.
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