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A multidisciplinary training program for spiritual care in palliative care

Primary Author: Palliative Care Australia

Complete curriculum materials for trainers including, instructor's guide, slide presentations, videos, vignettes, and handouts.

Requires registration with a free account to access.

Date Last Modified 12/31/2007 Course curriculum

Nothing Left Unsaid: Creating a Healing Legacy with Final Words and Letters

Primary Author: Mary Polce-Lynch, Randolph-Macon College

Rituals exist to settle estates and bequeath material possessions after people die, but there isn't a ritual for making sure that nothing is left unsaid to loved ones. Messages of love, forgiveness, life lessons, hopes, and personal legacy can prevent regret during the grieving process and bring meaning to life in the present.

This resource assists people in writing two types of personal legacies: 1) Final Words written to loved ones before a person's death, and; 2) Legacy Letters written to loved ones approaching the end of their life due to age, illness, or going into harm's way. Both rituals create a different kind of inheritance to ensure that nothing is left unsaid.

Date Last Modified 10/10/2009 Exercise, Manual/guide

Checklist: Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care

Primary Author: GWish

Checklist based on the recommendations from the report of the Consensus Conference on Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care. The checklist helps you compare your institution's spiritual care practices with the recommendations, and determine areas for improvement.

Date Last Modified 07/08/2009 Exercise, Other

How Hinduism Views Pain and Suffering

Primary Author: Sarah M. Whitman, Drexel University College of Medicine

This is a pdf of a presentation Dr. Whitman gave at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in October 2008. This presentation covers chronic pain, how Hinduism approaches pain and suffering, and ways in which Hindu traditions help people with pain. The focus is on the ideas of acceptance, detachment, and attachment, which are compared with a control-based strategy.

Date Last Modified 10/08/2008 Lecture presentation

Elder Abuse and Neglect: Clergy Awareness, Knowledge, Intervention Preferences, and Perceived Severity

Primary Author: John D. Rudnick, Jr., Thomas More College

Because elder abuse victims, abusers, and stakeholders often seek help from trusted faith-based entities, clergy need to be adequately prepared with appropriate intervention responses, concept awareness and knowledge concerning elder abuse and neglect as an emerging health and social crisis (University of Kentucky, 2007). This presentation is based on a study that explored issues related to the general research question: "What is the perceived level of elder abuse and neglect awareness, knowledge and intervention preferences among Protestant clergy in Kentucky?
Survey responses were paired to examine relationships between demographic characteristics and the facets measured--awareness, knowledge intervention preferences, and perceived severity of elder abuse and neglect. Overall, clergy were generally not aware of their responsibilities and lacked detailed knowledge about elder abuse and neglect. Recommended areas for future research linked to awareness, knowledge, intervention responses and perceived severity are provided.

Date Last Modified 04/14/2010 Lecture presentation, Case example/study