Accompanying the Dying

Accompanying the Dying
Author: Deanna Cochran
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre: Caregivers
ISBN: 9780463167137

Accompanying the Dying describes the human skill and art of companioning someone through dying. There is a wide gap in this knowing (of how to accompany the dying), which is why this book is timely and needed at this juncture of the "death positive" movement. The book is meant to empower us as a society to understand how to die well in this modern age. Deanna describes the newly emerging role of the "end-of-life doula," which is a nonmedical role that provides practical, emotional, and spiritual support to the dying and their family. This role is a powerful solution to the looming crisis in health care as our baby boomers and their elders age and die in the oncoming years.The book is overflowing with wisdom that only someone with years of experience can impart, offers historical context and present-day initiatives and describes how end-of-life doulas and health-care advocates can change the face of dying wherever they choose to serve.No doubt, Accompanying the Dying takes its place among the great works of humanity, bringing us to the next level of awareness in companioning our family, friends and communities with skillful, loving care.

Hospice Social Work

Hospice Social Work
Author: Dona J. Reese
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0231508735

The first text to explore the history, characteristics, and challenges of hospice social work, this volume weaves leading research into an underlying framework for practice and care. A longtime practitioner, Dona J. Reese describes the hospice social work role in assessment and intervention with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and the community, while honestly confronting the personal and professional difficulties of such life-changing work. She introduces a well-tested model of psychosocial and spiritual variables that predict hospice client outcomes, and she advances a social work assessment tool to document their occurrence. Operating at the center of national leaders' coordinated efforts to develop and advance professional organizations and guidelines for end-of-life care, Reese reaches out with support and practice information, helping social workers understand their significance in treating the whole person, contributing to the cultural competence of hospice settings, and claiming a definitive place within the hospice team.

The Three H S

The Three H S
Author: Dana Y. Jackson
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 160957012X

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13 So many times we have a hurtful experience and can't move past it. We want to move on, but the pain of what we are experiencing is so intense we become stuck. The Three H's: Hurting, Healing and Helping is a chapter-by-chapter outline of how to survive the hurt and finally begin to heal. This book reveals that after the tears, frustration and agony a light is shining at the end of the tunnel. As healing takes place God makes us whole again so we can go out and help someone else who is hurting. Dana Y. Jackson is a wife and the mother of three children and resides in Sugar Loaf, New York. An inspirational speaker, Dana is also passionate about ministering to young people, intercessory prayer and inspiring women from all walks of life. She is the founder of Women Be Inspired.Com, a women's inspirational resource. Her source of biblical inspiration is Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Caring for the Dying

Caring for the Dying
Author: Henry Fersko-Weiss
Publisher: Conari Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1633410366

Caring for the Dying describes a whole new way to approach death and dying. It explores how the dying and their families can bring deep meaning and great comfort to the care given at the end of a life. Created by Henry Fersko-Weiss, the end-of-life doula model is adapted from the work of birth doulas and helps the dying to find meaning in their life, express that meaning in powerful and beautiful legacies, and plan for the final days. The approach calls for around-the-clock vigil care, so the dying person and their family have the emotional and spiritual support they need along with guidance on signs and symptoms of dying. It also covers the work of reprocessing a death with the family afterward and the early work of grieving. Emphasis is placed on the space around the dying person and encourages the use of touch, guided imagery, and ritual during the dying process. Throughout the book Fersko-Weiss tells amazing and encouraging stories of the people he has cared for, as well as stories that come from doulas he has trained and worked with over the years. What is unique about this book is the well-conceived and thorough approach it describes to working skillfully with the dying. The guidance provided can help a dying person, their family, and caregivers to transform the dying experience from one of fear and despair into one that is uplifting and even life affirming. You will see death in a new light and gain a different perspective on how to help the dying. It may even change the way you live your life right now.

The Accidental Patient

The Accidental Patient
Author: Jacqui Tunbridge
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2015-10-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1452531099

Do you know what the four most devastating words are, that any woman, hopes. she will never have to hear in her lifetime? You have breast cancer (that got your attention, didnt it..) What would you do if it happened to you? If you were, just rolling along, quite happily living your life, doing the things that you love to do, just being a normal person with every day worries. Then out of the blue, a stranger told you this. How would you cope, how would you feel? Would you feel like nuclear explosion had just gone off in your head and your safe little world had just been turned upside down? ... I did, when this happened to me! Cancer doesnt care, if you are rich and famous, or someone who no one outside of your own world, has ever heard of. Are you married with a young family or are you still single and still looking for a partner, or even a gay, it doesnt matter. Cancer doesnt discriminate. This disease can come out of nowhere. It might be today, tomorrow, next month or next year. Will you be the one who gets the unlucky roll or the dice or draws the short straw? Why did it pick me you wonder, why was I the unlucky one to be singled out. It is not fair is it? What, have I done to deserve this! Nearly every person you meet, knows someone whose life has been touched by cancer. Whether it is their mum, wife, sister, girlfriend or daughter. Have you ever wondered, what treatments they, will have to go through? How scared they might be feeling, trying to deal with this devastating news. No? Well neither had I, until the unthinkable happened to me.

Focus on Healing

Focus on Healing
Author: Sarita Charlene Johnson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2011-12-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1465395113

Have you been hurt, bruised or broken? These messages are intended to aid in the emotional healing of bruised and broken spirits. You may experience an emotional journey, one that may help to expand your awareness of life and of Emotional Healing. It is the author¡¦s hope that you can become emotionally uplifted and able to inspire and encourage others. "Focus on Healing is a wonderful book. It is full of inspirational quotes, valuable advice and words to live by. Reading it is good for the soul." Dan Liftman, Speak Write Associates, West Palm Beach, Florida "You are on your way! God bless! Stay on the path He has set out for you! You ́ve got it! It ́s great!" Janice Browne, Ph.D., Author, Inspirational Speaker, Professor, Nashville, Tennessee

Cultivating the Doula Heart

Cultivating the Doula Heart
Author: Francesca Lynn Arnoldy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781732780606

Part how-to guide, part hopeful manifesto, Cultivating the Doula Heart provides a clear framework for supporting those facing hardship, grief, and loss. Succinct and straightforward, this "work of heart" covers: Components of Doula Care, Aspects of Loss, Ways of Being/Ways of Doing, Grief Support, and Contemplative Exercises. This read is a beacon of light for difficult realms, allowing us all to practice and hone our ability to move from sympathy to empathy to compassion.

Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan

Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan
Author: Carole Edelman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 834
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This comprehensive textbook covers all the major concepts of health promotion and disease prevention for all population groups including individuals, families, and communities. Its lifespan approach focuses on health promotion for all age groups. An assessment franework based on Gordon's Functional Health Patterns provides consistent presentation and an approach that promotes health. Current, timely, and readable, the 5th edition includes numerous special features that highlight critical information and help students apply concepts to practice.

Diary of a Death Doula

Diary of a Death Doula
Author: Debra Diamond Ph.D.
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2019-10-25
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1789041856

Sooner or later, everyone eventually asks questions about end of life. What happens to me when my physical body dies? Is there an afterlife? If so, where do I go? Do my loved ones meet me? Will they usher me to the next plane of existence? In Diary of a Death Doula, psychic medium, and near-death experience researcher Debra Diamond presents the story of life as a hospice 'Death Doula', revealing 25 critical life lessons from those at the threshold of the afterlife, and those who have already crossed over, ultimately revealing a new way of understanding death.