Someone you know ill? Watch what you say, and to whom – latimes.com.
Brilliantly simple map reminder system for guiding interactions with others who may be ill.
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Upcoming Caregiver Event – Parish Nurses Network
Happy to announce that I’ll be a featured speaker at this nursing conference coming up next week, Thursday 4/11/13, in beautiful Poughkeepsie, NY.
Registration information at the end of the flyer.
The Parish Nurses Network Committee Presents
Free Educational Program
Enlightened Care Giving for Our Congregations
Thursday, April 11, 2013 from 1:00 to 4:30
Saint Francis Hospital Atrium (Atrium Board Room), 1st Floor
241 North Road – Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Free Parking
| 1:00 – 1:15 | Registration / Refreshments |
1:15 – 1:30 Welcome & Opening Prayer
Anne Cole, RN, Parish Nurse Committee
1:30 – 1:45Introductions
Sue Murphy, RN, Parish Nurse Committee
1:45 – 2:45Caregiving Redefined
Grant Abrams, Physical Therapist
2:45 – 3:00Break3:00 – 3:45Medical, Foster Home & Non-Institutional Setting
FaLisia Cotten, LCW R, Medical Foster Home Coordinator
Veteran Administration 3:45 – 4:00Overview of Healthy Choices New York
Ozie B. Williams, RD, RN, CDE4:00 – 4:20Parish Nurse Program Updates / Sharing
4:20 – 4:30 Evaluations / Closing
Please share flyer with members of your Parish Nurse or
Health Ministry Team & bring a short list of your favorite Reference Books including publishers for a possible future grant.
Submit registration as soon as possible and NO LATERthan April 8, 2013. Phone or Email: Sue Murphy @ 297-2685, sdmurphy48@aol.com
Please bring any handouts you would like to share.
Committee: Anne Cole, Sue Murphy, and Ozie Williams
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You Can Be Assured
From Christine Longaker at the Spiritual Care Program
medicine buddha
When I first learned the Essential Phowa, I questioned whether a beginner could effectively do the practice for a dying person. How could I possibly offer spiritual support for another person? What if I did it wrong? Sogyal Rinpoche responded to my doubts with these valuable insights:
First, just at the moment of death, after the consciousness of the dying person “faints into darkness,” he or she will awaken into the luminous expanse of the truth. Thus our practice of Essential Phowa for the dying person is simply a skillful guidance to help them unite with the true nature of mind which will be dawning in their awareness at that time.
Second, in doing the phowa, we are invoking and relying on the limitless enlightened qualities of a buddha, a fully awakened being, which include an unbiased, boundless compassion and love, and the unlimited power to benefit and help all beings by responding to their needs, especially in the direst of circumstances. As soon as we invoke the presence of God, Christ, the Buddha, Padmasambhava, or another saint or Divine Being, their blessings and presence are spontaneously there. They will be present with the dying person in his or her hour of need, and they will know what to do!
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A New Look at Causes of and Solutions to Alzheimers Dementia
Causes of and Solutions to Alzheimers/Dementia | Health Advocates Worldwide.
An alternative look at the causes of Alzheimer’s – provocative and sensible. It may change your views about this “disease.”
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You Can Do Something to Help Others
We’re heading into a time when it will be viewed as cool to help others. I’m really happy about that. Two simple, effective and direct ways to help others at any stage of their lives are to do Labyrinth Readings or Labyrinth Orb Runs.
Labyrinth Readings are a lot like praying for another except that you read (usually from a spiritual text) directly to the other person. You don’t necessarily ask for intercession of a higher being though you certainly can if you’d like. The Tibetans and other ancient cultures have done readings for thousands of years.
Labyrinth Orb Runs are simple. You run through a special videogame-like environment and dedicate that run to the benefit of another. Nothing special. It’s easy and I can say that it does work for me, may work for you. This is a new technology worth checking out.
If you are interested stop by http://new.livestream.com/gorebaggtv/abd Wednesday nights at 7:00 pm Pacific time or visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/LRSForum/ to learn how you can add Labyrinth Reading or Running to your toolbox of ways to help others. That’s what it’s all about.
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