Episode Summary
In this episode, Kath Murray welcomes back Nadine Valk, a longtime expert in palliative care education and implementation science. Nadine shares her insights on how to effectively embed a palliative approach into everyday long-term care practice. Drawing on her extensive experience, she explains how breaking down goals into manageable steps, focusing on strengths, and addressing barriers with practical strategies can help sustain meaningful change. They also emphasize the importance of teamwork, ongoing conversations, and personal reflection to make care more compassionate and person-centered.
Episode Guest
Nadine is a full-time coach based in Ottawa, specializing in working with health care teams to trasform care in a practical way. With over 30 years of experience in health, community and palliative care – including role as Director of Education for Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and Executive Director of the Champlain Hospice Palliative care Program – she brings extensive expertise to her practice.
Nadine hold a master’s degree in public administration with a focus on health policy. She is a certified Integral Professional Coach (TM) with additional training in team coaching, facilitation and implementation science.
Visit Nadine’s website here.
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