Story 3 Palliative Care

Description

This story comes from a series Digital stories of caregiving from  Kahnawake. In Joanne’s story about her father’s end of life journey, he has a  delusional episode. Joanne understands it as part of spiritual belief however  the doctor keeps asking how much alcohol he consumed.

How to introduce

From what you know, can alcohol intoxication be mistaken for some other  medical episode? What?

Possible answers:

Epileptic seizure

Psychotic episode

Discussion Questions post clip:

If you had been present, what could you have done to support Joanne and her father?

Suggested Competency

#11 IHA End ofLife Care

# 19 Palliative Care

Time   Video story clip 6:30 mins

            Discussion 15-30 minutes