Engaging Faith Communities in End-Of-Life Care
Engaging Faith Communities in End-Of-Life Care An online course for clergy and faith leaders designed to enhance understanding of issues related to end of life care, and to provide techniques to help clergy and lay leaders to assist members of their congregations who are facing an end-of-life medical crisis. This course was developed by Hospice Foundation of America in cooperation with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and The Center on Aging at Florida International University.
Topics Covered Include:
- Cultural Considerations
- The Dying Process
- Psychological Issues
- Advanced Care Planning
- Care Options
- Grief Process
- Assisting Families
- Role of Spiritual Care
- Caring for Self
- Course Evaluation
Other Courses Offered
- Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents
- Living With Grief: Before and After the DeathS
- Pain Management at the End of Life: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Practice
- Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life
- Living With Grief: Alzheimer's Disease
- Living With Grief: Coping With Public Tragedy
- Living With Grief: Loss in Later Life
- Caregiving and Loss: Family Needs, Professional Responses
- Living With Grief: At Work, At School, At Worship
- Living With Grief: Who We Are, How We Grieve
- Living With Grief: When Illness is Prolonged
- Living With Grief:
After Sudden Loss
