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Closure Primary Author: Jonathan Weinkle, Jewish Healthcare Foundation Closure is an initiative to change expectations for end-of-life. Our goal is to empower consumers and healthcare professionals with easy-to-access, simple-to-understand information and resources to make educated decisions about end-of-life care. The Closure website includes blogs, listings of resources, news items, and the Closure 101 curriculum. Closure 101 is a curriculum of educational lessons dealing with an array of complex end-of-life issues including prognosis, advance planning, medical decision making, and hospice and palliative care. These difficult concepts are explained in a way that is designed to make sense to consumers. The curriculum contains 12 easy-to-follow lessons that can be viewed online or used by health educators to teach in-person. In addition to the lessons, the site contains questionnaires and information sheets that can help guide a person through the decision-making process. Guidelines for creating a Closure 101 program are available on the site. Date Last Modified 04/04/2011 Website, Article, Continuing Education course, Course curriculum, Manual/guide

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

Spirituality in Health and Nursing Care Primary Author: Doreen Westera, Memorial University. This is a series of videos pertinent to nursing and allied health education. It includes videos on: - Spirituality - Nurses and Spiritual Care - Spiritual Assessment - Spirituality in Mental Health Care - Spirituality in Palliative Care - Spiritual Care and Life Threatening Illness - Spiritual Care in Gerontological Nursing - Spiritual Care and Chronic Health Problems The complete videos (each about 20 minutes) are available for purchase on DVD. Preview the first 9 minutes of each here: http://www.youtube.com/user/NursingEducationRes Date Last Modified 01/01/2009 Video

Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice Primary Author: Verna Benner Carson, Staff Builders Home Health and Hospice The second edition of this paperback book provides "perspectives on new research in the spiritual dimensions of nursing care, applying nursing theory to spiritual care, and addressing the spiritual needs of both nurses and patients." Date Last Modified 10/01/2008 Book

Spirituality and Health in Late Life Primary Author: Michael Rabow, UCSF Medical Center One hour video of Dr. Rabow discussing issues related to spirituality in health late in life and at the end of life. He discusses definitions of spirituality, the evidence about the relationship between spirituality and health, spiritual issues late in life, and the physician-patient relationship. From the series: "UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public" Date Last Modified 02/15/2008 Video, Lecture presentation