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9781785928055 Academic Inspection Copy

Time to Talk about Dying

How Clergy and Chaplains Can Help Senior Adults Prepare for a Good Death
  • ISBN-13: 9781785928055
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Fred Grewe
  • Price: AUD $59.99
  • Stock: 2 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 14/08/2018
  • Format: Paperback (230.00mm X 164.00mm) 168 pages Weight: 272g
  • Categories: Religion & beliefs [HR]
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Presenting clergy and chaplains with unique therapeutic tools for helping senior adults enrich their later years, this book gives advice on how to strengthen relationships, find meaning in life and feel comfortable approaching life's final chapter.  
 
It guides clergy and chaplains through how to effectively conduct "Soul Legacy" projects, in which older people reflect on what they want to leave behind for their loved ones and how they want to be remembered after they die. It enables older people to pay loved ones personal tributes and show them how important they are. By focusing on others rather than the self, it provides comfort for loved ones as well as the senior adult, prevents loneliness and negative feelings about ageing, and helps adults gradually become comfortable with the challenges of approaching the end of life.
Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Addressing the Existential Issues that Terrify Us All. 2. The Importance of Meaning at the End of Life. 3. What is a Soul Legacy. 4. Connecting with Your Soul. 5. Connecting with Your Story. 6. Connecting with the Sacred. 7. Connecting with Others, Part 1: Forgiveness. 8. Connecting with Others, Part 2: Blessing. 9. Connecting with Mortality. 10. The Soul Legacy Seminar. Epilogue: So What Have I Learned? Appendix A: Suggestions for Group Study. Appendix B: Soul Print Exercise. Appendix C: Story Telling Exercise. Appendix D: Meditation on the Divine Connection. Appendix E: Blessing Exercise. Appendix F: End-of-Life Spiritual Care: FAQs. References.
In this book, Fred Grewe shares rich stories from his work as a hospice chaplain about the experiences of his patients and their loved ones as they grapple with the spiritual challenges that accompany dying. While contemplating our death can lead to a fuller life, Grewe's stories show that waning time and energy prevent some patients from engaging these important tasks. The Soul Legacy Seminars he describes give senior adults an opportunity to focus on the important lessons we can learn from our mortality. Grewe is a wise spiritual guide, and his book will enrich the care that chaplains and clergy provide for all of us, who by choice or necessity contemplate our final days.
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