Home Safe - A Memoir of End-Of-Life Care During Covid-19 (Paperback)

During a pandemic lockdown full of pyjama dance parties, life talks, and final goodbyes, a family helps a father die with dignity. In April 2020, journalist Mitchell Consky received bad news: his father was diagnosed with a rare and terminal cancer, with less than two months to live. Suddenly, he and his extended family -- many of them healthcare workers -- were tasked with reconciling the social distancing required by the Covid-19 pandemic with a family-based approach to end-of-life care. The result was a home hospice during the first lockdown. Suspended within the chaos of medication and treatments were dance parties, episodes of Tiger King, and his father's many deadpan jokes. Leaning into his journalistic intuitions, Mitchell interviewed his father daily, making audio recordings of final talks, emotional goodbyes, and the unexpected laughter that filled his father's final days. Serving as a catalyst for fatherly affection, these interviews became an opportunity for emotional confession during the slowed-down time of a shuttered world, and reflect how far a family went in making a dying loved one feel safe at home.

General

Imprint:	Dundurn Group
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	Mitchell Consky
Dimensions:	127 x 177 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-4597-5027-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > Terminal care nursing Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with death & bereavement Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General Books > Biography > Science, technology & engineering Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	1-4597-5027-6
Barcode:	9781459750272

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