{"id":1168,"date":"2017-06-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/the-cherry-blossom-a-lesson-in-end-of-life-care\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T12:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T18:32:43","slug":"the-cherry-blossom-a-lesson-in-end-of-life-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/the-cherry-blossom-a-lesson-in-end-of-life-care\/","title":{"rendered":"The cherry blossom: A lesson in end-of-life care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Shawna Culleton<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In Japanese culture, the cherry blossom, or sakura flower, serves as a reminder that life is short and we should live it well. Since November 2016, Deer\u00a0Lodge Centre has offered a tranquil space called the Sakura Suite to residents from multi-bed rooms facing end-of-life care. The suite is intended to provide more privacy and dignity for clients and their families or loved ones. It has a bedroom with en suite bathroom, a kitchen, dining table and chairs, and seating area for relaxing.<\/p>\n<p>Deer Lodge Centre\u2019s chief nursing officer, Shannon Guerreiro, says all staff who work in the Sakura Suite have specifically requested the assignment and have undergone special training in end-of-life care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not so much the room as the attitude and the\u00a0philosophy around the room that\u2019s helped us change how we approach end-of-life care,\u201d explains Guerreiro. \u201cDeath is a part of life. We want to make it as comfort-able as possible for patients and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision to access the Sakura Suite is up to the client, their family, and caregivers.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Deer Lodge launched the Cherry Blossom program throughout the centre. The pro-gram has already been implemented in other WRHA facilities. The cherry blossom symbol affixed to a door panel indicates that death is imminent, and reminds staff, visitors, and other clients to refrain from making loud noise.<\/p>\n<p>Deer Lodge Centre has also begun holding educa-tional receptions for new residents and their families to better prepare and empower them to understand their care options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shawna Culleton In Japanese culture, the cherry blossom, or sakura flower, serves as a reminder that life is short and we should live it well. Since November 2016, Deer\u00a0Lodge Centre has offered a tranquil space called the Sakura Suite to residents from multi-bed rooms facing end-of-life care. The suite is intended to provide more privacy and dignity for clients &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/the-cherry-blossom-a-lesson-in-end-of-life-care\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[21,22],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deerlodgecentrefoundation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}