Gordon Flett
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1,089 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 15 Jun
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It's so important to underscore these important concepts and needs when people are at that stage in life.
I know in our original discussion, I talked about this in terms of my experiences in the hospital with a nurse who remarkably showed me the caring that I needed after a very close call and
I think that these are the things that people think about when they're worried about their longevity and the possibility of not being with us anymore.
I've seen and heard some remarkable stories from nurses about people in such circumstances, very much in line with what David said.
And I can share that my mother-in-law was in a home in terms of long-term care and had one of the best nurses in the world.
And this person was so sensitive to the fact that people needed to know that they were cared about
right to the end.
And when my mother-in-law passed, unfortunately, this person was off that day and she came in the next day because we were then tasked with having to immediately clear out my mother-in-law's room.
And she was actually crying and saying, you know, I wanted to be here for your day.
when you needed me the most.
And it just meant so much to us.
And I'm sure that my mother-in-law had a much better time in that facility because of having the experiences with this person who would just light up when she came into the room, when she saw her or the family members.
Yes, I think there's a power to the bearing witness, but there's also the power of directly impacting people and knowing that you have done something for them in one of their greatest times of need.
The originator of the hospice concept said that essentially you matter to the end of your days, and it's the slogan that is embraced at hospices around the world.
And the value is clearly there in terms of people recognizing it, staff members.
One thing that happened when
when my mother-in-law had passed and they were taking her out in terms of the, you know, the hearses is waiting there is that they staff lines up on both sides and they clap for the person and they, they cheer as the final goodbye to their experience with that person.
And of course we went around and we thanked everybody we could right there on the spot so that they would get that direct feeling of knowing that what they did for us really mattered and would continue to matter to us until, you know, the end of time really.
Yes, definitely.
There's something to be said for identifying people who seem to have been through the same thing that we have been through and then doing something to help them so that you get that sense of feeling through being valued in terms of, in the case of David, hosting recovery meetings and doing things for
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