Cost:
$40 registration fee. $15 CE Certificate (BBS, BRN; NHAP, RCFE, 3 hours applied for.) Continental breakfast provided. Lunch can be purchased with registration.
$40 registration fee; $15 CE Certificate (BBS, BRN; NHAP and RCFE, 3 hours applied for). Continental breakfast provided; lunch can be purchased with registration.
$75 registration fee; $20 CE Certificate (BBS, BRN; NHAP and RCFE, 6 hours applied for). Continental breakfast and lunch provided.
Contact
Nancy Gordon, DirectorCLH Center for Spirituality and Aging
714-507-1370
ngordon@frontporch.net
The work of caring for elders as professionals or family members is holy. It is also challenging, as we find ourselves facing infinite needs with finite time, energy and resources. This workshop will explore the experiences of depletion and replenishment, and develop strategies and resources for fostering resilience so that we can remain whole and inspired as we do this sacred work.
The presenter is Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, MSW, MAJCS, BCC. She is founder and director of Growing Older -- Wisdom + Spirit Beyond Midlife. She was founder and director of Hiddur: The Center for Aging and Judaism of the
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and was the founding director of chaplaincy services at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center. She is an ordained Rabbi and a board certified Jewish chaplain. Rabbi Friedman is the editor of Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources (2nd edition, 2010) and author of Jewish Vision for Aging: A Professional Guide for Fostering Wholeness (2008), and the forthcoming Growing Older: Sustenance for the Journey.
The Learning Objectives for this session:
- Participants will understand and be able to identify the sources and nature of depletion in the work of caring for those who are ill, frail, dependent and/or dying.
- Participants will explore the concept of resiliency and consider factors that contribute to a resilient spirit.
- Participants will create a personal menu of replenishing activities/experiences.
- Participants will experience a nourishing practice.
Content of this Session:
The Empty Cup: Factors leading to depletion in caregiving
The first part of the session will look at issues of the workload and lack of control in caregiving. The reality of compassion fatigue, the issue of losses not grieved and the toll that wrestling with ethical issues takes on caregivers will also be presented.
Filling Up the Cup: Tools for enhancing resiliency
The second part of this session will introduce participants to traits that can be cultivated that support resiliency as well as the importance of relating to supportive others. Activities and practices that sponsor wholeness will also be presented and experienced.