Saul Ebema, DMin. For lots of people, “the thought of dying provokes so much fear and apprehension as does the thought of death itself. It is in this context of fear and apprehension, that the process of dying becomes a… Read More ›
Research
Social Withdrawal in End of Life Care
Saul Ebema. There was a time when I visited a hospice patient. The family seemed concerned that he had withdrawn himself from a lot of family activities. Joe used to be very outgoing but as his illness progressed, he begun… Read More ›
What is the value of spiritual care at Life’s end?
Melissa J. Hart. How does spiritual care help people who are facing life-limiting illness to find courage and equanimity? How does it help people find balance, comfort, and strength? The added dimension that spiritual care brings to hospice and palliative medicine has enormous capacity to… Read More ›
Why compassion turns into fatigue: The need for self-care in hospice chaplaincy
Saul Ebema, D.Min. Hospice Chaplain #2 was a minister who exhibited anxiety and job dissatisfaction on a regular basis. He was often overwhelmed with his complex, patient-care assignments and expressed much sadness about his patients’ social and emotional problems. He… Read More ›
Understanding Depression in End of Life Care.
Saul Ebema, DMin. Depression is a normal reaction to death and dying. It could be triggered by different factors as the terminally ill patient begins to contemplate death. It could be triggered by spiritual pain. I remember visiting a hospice… Read More ›
Five Aspects of Crisis Caused by Knowledge of Impeding Death
Saul Ebema, M.Div., DMin. One of my friends used to have dizzy spells that often came and went. He decided to go to the doctor to have some tests done on him in order find out what was wrong with… Read More ›
How can children spiritually cope with death and dying?
Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. As children encounter illness, loss and grief — whether their own or someone close to them — they seek to understand those events and to make sense of their experiences. This inevitably is a spiritual… Read More ›
Why I started Hospice Chaplaincy
Saul Ebema. For the past week, lots of questions have been raised about hospice chaplaincy and it’s legitimacy. I started hospice chaplaincy 5 years ago as a resource site for hospice chaplains. I had my theological training at Northern Baptist Theological… Read More ›
When death hits close to home: A Hospice Chaplain’s reflection.
Samuel Blair. Within a period of 6 months, two of the nurses I work with lost their mothers. In both of these cases, they chose to have their mothers on our hospice. This is a very hard thing to do…. Read More ›
Stuck in Grief?
By Kenneth J. Doka, M.Div., Ph.D. Sometimes individuals share with me that they or someone they know are “stuck in grief.” Yet, I always wonder what individuals mean when they say “stuck in grief.” Sometimes when I think of someone stuck… Read More ›
