Direct Caregiving Research Paper
As Christians, it is our duty to serve the dying and the bereaved. As practitioner of pastoral thanatology, our purpose is to provide support, counseling, or therapy to the dying and bereaved in their grief and mourning. “This requires us to set aside egos and agendas and not stand between the resources God has provided and the needs served by those resources.” First, I will discuss the pervasive and persistent nature of denial among individuals, families, congregations, other organizations, and even the structures and systems to whom we delegate care for they dying and bereaved. Next, I will discuss both direct caregiving (with dying and bereaved individuals and extended families) and congregational and community death education needs,
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One way is to encourage them to create their own funerary rituals. As you are assisting, you cannot make any promise that they will get everything how they want it. When we educate on options that are available, it can help the family make wiser decision and save money. For the doctors not to complete their job, there has to be advance directives in place for patients. “These documents often are not placed in the patient’s medical record; and the patient’s physician may not be aware of their existence or content.” Orthothanasia is a decision that is need with the dying patients and their families. There are other options available; therefore, we must educate so the right decision can be made. The family must accept that the dying patient is ready to leave for their Heavenly home. Many patients now have reach end of life and want to leave peacefully without any assistance of medicine and being connected to machinery. There is some potential ramification of continued societal influences. One is your insurance can dictate the type of care received. They have the right to decline paying for type of care, therapy, and medicine recommended by the doctor. Physician-assisted suicide has become concern for many families and legal issue. The patient self-administers the legal dose of medicine to end their suffering and
One way is to encourage them to create their own funerary rituals. As you are assisting, you cannot make any promise that they will get everything how they want it. When we educate on options that are available, it can help the family make wiser decision and save money. For the doctors not to complete their job, there has to be advance directives in place for patients. “These documents often are not placed in the patient’s medical record; and the patient’s physician may not be aware of their existence or content.” Orthothanasia is a decision that is need with the dying patients and their families. There are other options available; therefore, we must educate so the right decision can be made. The family must accept that the dying patient is ready to leave for their Heavenly home. Many patients now have reach end of life and want to leave peacefully without any assistance of medicine and being connected to machinery. There is some potential ramification of continued societal influences. One is your insurance can dictate the type of care received. They have the right to decline paying for type of care, therapy, and medicine recommended by the doctor. Physician-assisted suicide has become concern for many families and legal issue. The patient self-administers the legal dose of medicine to end their suffering and