CARING FOR THE SICK

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CARING FOR THE SICK

• Lay Chaplaincy Training
• JP Sabbithi

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Biblical mandate

• Matthew 25
• 34 Then shall the King say to them on his right
  hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the
  kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
  the world 35 For I was an hungered, and you gave
  me meat I was thirsty, and you gave me drink I
  was a stranger, and you took me in 36 Naked, and
  you clothed me I was sick, and you visited me I
  was in prison, and you came to me.

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When a person is knocked down horizontally,
his/her thoughts go vertically -a Chinese saying
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RELIGION SPIRITUALITY

• RELIGION A persons religiosity is seen in ---
  church attendance, adherence to certain beliefs
  and teachings
• (outward expression)
• SPIRITUALITY Spirituality grows out of the core
  of ones being which has to do with values,
  motivation and goals that permeate daily living.
• (inner experience)
• (Paul Pruyser, The Minister as Diagnostician,
  1976)

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SPIRITUALITY

• The goal of spiritual care is to help find the
  meaning of SUFFERING in the context of facing
  mortality

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Why spirituality?

• Pain
• Suffering
• Behavior
• Spiritual outlook

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St.Pauls Perspective

• Not only so, but we also rejoice in our
  sufferings, because we know that suffering
  produces perseverance perseverance, character
  and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint
  us, because God has poured out his love into our
  hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
  Rom 53-5 NIV

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TAKING A SPIRITUAL HISTORY(SPIRITUAL TALK STORY)

• SOME QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
• What is there to hope for?
• Why do I suffer?
• Does my suffering have any meaning?
• What happens after I die?
• (Fast Facts on Palliative Care for the Chaplain
  Maugans 1997)

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TAKING SPIRITUAL HISTORY

• SPIRITUAL BELIEF SYSTEM
• Religious experience
• Spiritual practices
• Meaning of your life at this time

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TAKING SPIRITUAL HISTORY

• PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY
• What practices and beliefs were acceptable
• What practices and beliefs were not acceptable
• In what ways your spirituality and religion
  meaningful for you

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TAKING SPIRITUAL HISTORY

• INTEGRATION WITH A SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY
• Belonging to a spiritual community
• Roles played in that community
• What does this community mean to you
• In what ways does this community support you?

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TAKING SPIRITUAL HISTORY

• RITUALS
• Important rituals at this time of your life
• What meaning do these rituals have or not have at
  this time in your life?

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TAKING SPIRITUAL HISTORY

• IMPLICATIONS
• Are there barriers to our relationship based upon
  your belief system?
• How do you like to inform your health care on the
  basis of your belief system?

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TAKING SPIRITUAL HISTORY

• TERMINAL EVENTS PLANNING
• -Spiritual practices or rituals you would like
  to be available to you
• -What are some of your wishes? Where do you want
  to die? How would you like to have your funeral?
• -Where do you draw your strength?
• -how does your spirituality influence/help your
  end of life decisions?

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INTERVENTIONS

• Listening

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Before speaking, consider whether it is an
improvement upon silence -Philip Simmons in
Learning to Fall
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INTERVENTIONS

• Listening
• Empathy
• Respect
• Honesty
• Space Support

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Pastoral Counseling
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RESOURCES

• Prayer
• Touch
• Singing and/or chanting
• Reading scripture
• Sacrament of the sick
• Commendation of the dying
• FIVE Final words of Ira Byock

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