Description
Kathlene Bartlett has been a nurse for 12 years. She has worked the majority of her time in Acute Care on a Palliative/ Oncology unit and also has experience in Public Health and LTC. As an Indigenous RN Kathlene works with the FNIM communities within NSM to better support in their end of life journey and provides capacity building and mentorship to health care providers providing palliative and end of life care.
Julie Leighton-Phelps, has been a Registered Nurse for 28 years, having worked in Texas and in Ontario. She has vast experience in several nursing specialties including ER, ICU, surgical, home care and hospice palliative care. Her passion is palliative care being such an honour to being able to help guide patients and families through their final journey.
Amy Pritzker has worked in Hospice Palliative Care for the past 13 years. She has been part of the Community Support Team at Hospice Simcoe for the past five years, serving as a Bereavement Coordinator at the Bell Farm Location.
She completed her formal undergraduate education at McMaster University, and her graduate education at the University of Victoria and Carey Theological College (in Vancouver, BC).
Before working in Hospice Palliative Care, Amy worked in Housing, Child Welfare, and Domestic Violence. In her current role at Hospice, she provides information to individuals, groups, and organizations to help them navigate the messiness of illness, dying, and grief. She also facilitates groups for grieving individuals, supporting them as they move through loss and trauma into post-grief growth.
