Soren Glassing and Fran Heller

Recorded July 21, 2022 Archived July 21, 2022 44:42 minutes
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Id: ddv001919

Description

Colleagues and friends Soren Glassing (57) and Fran Heller (64) talk about the experience of working together in a hospital palliative care unit throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. They reflect on unpreparedness, grief, healing, and the therapeutic power of art.

Subject Log / Time Code

Soren and Fran talk about getting to know each other as colleagues on their hospital’s palliative care team.
Fran talks about her experience in the Peace Corps in Ecuador and her path to becoming a social worker in palliative care.
They reflect on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
They talk about the challenges of balancing their sense of obligation to patients with their own fears of getting sick.
They reflect on how the pandemic transformed the hospital and their work.
They talk about adjusting to the new normal of COVID and the experience of being there for patients when families were not permitted to visit their loved ones in the hospital.
Soren reflects on his journey from art school and the loss of his mother to his work as a hospital chaplain.
They talk about the passing of Soren’s husband at the beginning of the pandemic.
They remember the family of one patient and how Soren’s artwork helped that family work through challenging circumstances.
They talk about the impact of expanding the art project throughout their palliative care unit.
They talk about what gives them hope for the future.

Participants

  • Soren Glassing
  • Fran Heller

Partnership Type

Fee for Service