The Hospice Chaplaincy Show with Saul Ebema

A Vice President of Hospice UK, David is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and has been a board member of the European Association for Palliative Care. In 2015 he served the Scottish Government as Consulting Editor to its Strategic Framework for Action in Palliative and End of Life Care   and assisted the Scottish Parliament in its enquiry We Need to Talk about Palliative Care . Davi...

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In Today’s follow up episode, Joe and Saul once again talk remotely with Dr. Phillip D. Williams about his incredible life’s journey. Dr. Phil is currently a chaplain at the VA Healthcare Center in Temple Texas. He has also authored many books and is passionate about end-of-life care. In this episode, you will learn a little bit about his life’s journey

Biographical Sketch - Dr. Phillip D. Williams, BCC-HPC    | Present Position | Chaplain, Southeast Texas, VA Healthcare Center, Temple, TX VA National Chaplain Chairman Hospice Specialty Certification Board, Hampton, VA Consultant, Williams Church Consulting Group, Temple, Texas Adjunct Professor/Board of Governors, Rockbridge Seminary, Springfield, Missouri |   |  | Work History | Chaplain, Polyt...

The Role of Symbols in End of Life Care Symbols are objects that take on a deeper meaning for the person grasping them. Every symbol points beyond itself to a reality for which it stands.  Symbols can be both corporate and private, easily recognized but contextualized in the individual experience.  Rituals in End of Life Care Symbols are often (though not always) tangible, representational, and pa...

Glenn is a graduate of University of Maine and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He has a passion for incarnation-based ministry which is why he fell in love with Hospice Chaplaincy...which he did NOT see coming i.e. never considered Hospice Chaplaincy until service on the CCU unit during the VA. His military awards include Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge for coming under direct...

This episode is designed to help adults have the needed conversation with a child when death happens in a family. It involves tips on what to say and what not to say.

Kristina Jansz in her article, “The importance of pausing” writes. Imagine reading a book in which there are no commas or periods. Page after page, all the words run together making it near impossible to decipher the intended meaning. Imagine listening to a piece of music that doesn't have any rests in it. What you'd experience is a collection of meaningless noise. Imagine getting into a car and d...

In the final stages of life, sexuality is often regarded as not important by health care providers. It is often assumed that when life nears its end, individuals and couples are not concerned about sexual issues and so this is not talked about. Although the need or ability to participate in sexual activity may wane, the need for touch, intimacy, and how one views oneself do not necessarily wane in...

Susan Pinker TED Talk   Face-to-face communication matters   Book: The Village Effect by Susan Pinker   Humans are social beings   When we feel connected with others, we feel better   Robert Waldinger & the Harvard Study of Adult Development TED Talk   Quality relationships are key   Practice compassion   Social media and connectedness   Social relationships are so much more than just hearing...

Since 2016, he has worked with Frome Medical Practice in Somerset, UK to develop a new model of primary care combined with compassionate communities, one of the most effective therapeutic tools we have in improving length of life and well-being. The health outcomes of this model have been dramatic, with this being the first intervention that has been effective in reducing population emergency admi...

Honors and Awards SLU Scholarly Works Award (for the book The Crisis of US Hospice Care) Emerald Literati Award for Excellence (for the article “Putting the ‘Right to Die’ in its Place: Disability Rights and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the Context of US End-of-Life Care”) 2019 Bicentennial Fellowship, Saint Louis University 2017 Graduate Student Essay Prize, University of Chicago Program in Medi...

Daniel is passionate about helping people deal with what’s going on in their  lives. Depending on the setting that means embracing their mortality, coping with hospitalization or maintaining combat readiness.

Joe Newton has been the co-host of the Hospice Chaplaincy show from the very beginning but he has never shared his journey to hospice chaplaincy work. We thought this would be a great opportunity for our listeners to get to know Joe Newton a little more.

Sharondalyn is also an educator certified in Georgia and California, she taught students from Pre-K through collegiate levels in her home state of Georgia, and she is an advocate in the education field. Through her career expansion in chaplaincy, she continues to provide compassionate care and hopes that others can reap the benefits that chaplaincy services can bring.  You can find more about her...

Paul’s Publications 1.     That’s great! You can tell us how you are feeling’ – Mark, a recently severely physically disabled 11-year-old boy with a brain tumor in G. Fitchett and S. Nolan (eds), Case Studies in spiritual care.  (with Liz Bryson and Sally Nash).   JKP, 2018 2.     Chapter Holding the whispers in the dark in Skills for children’s work SCM  2019. 3.     What do pediatric chaplains d...

In this week’s episode, Saul and Joe talk remotely with Janine Folks who works as a chaplain with Seasons Hospice in Detroit, MI. Janine began her chaplaincy journey with a pediatric hospice where she was instrumental in helping the families of dying children process grief. In this episode, she shares her remarkable life journey and professional transition to Hospice Chaplaincy.

Her book addresses topics that family, friends, and loved ones often shy away from - what will happen in the final days or weeks before we die? Our society is programmed to ignore death until it's right at our door, but experienced hospice nurse Beth Cavenaugh wants us to be prepared and know our options so that our final days on Earth can be filled with peace, comfort and love, rather than worry...

Raised in the Goddess tradition and since having her children, Awen has walked a path as a healer, teacher, and celebrant. She tries to live in a way which embodies wildness and a deep love and compassion for all beings. Awen seeks to hold space for change and transformation. She teaches people how to live life by the moon, trust the coincidences and find their way into sacred connection. When not...

In 2016 Jason answered the call to chaplaincy and began pursuing the needed education and qualifications. He has worked both as a hospital and hospice chaplain. He is currently the full-time chaplain for Hospice of Southwest Georgia. He is also the Lead Minister for Cornerstone Church of Christ. 

Give A Mile is a nonprofit organization that provides flights for those that cannot afford to fly to be with a loved one who is palliative or critically ill.  They have just expanded to the U.S. and would love to get connected to families that need their flights.   The Founder, Kevin Crowe experienced this power first-hand during the passing of his good friend Ryan who relished such visits. Once K...

Dr. Jim deMaine is Retired Pulmonary/Critical Care MD. Emeritus Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.  He is an advocate for those unable to speak for themselves; and also passionate about ethics of autonomy and how that plays out in nursing homes and assisted care; in creating systems to help the frail elderly avoid unnecessary and unwanted interventio...

Dr. Jeff Spiess is the author of the new book, Dying with Ease: A Compassionate Guide to Making Wiser End of Life Decisions . In 2016, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine named him the 12th annual recipient of the Josephina B. Magno Distinguished Hospice Physician Award. And in January 2019 he fulfilled a lifelong dream of appearing on JEOPARDY! (he came in 2nd)

With her background in traumatic brain injury, mental illness, elder law and disability law, Ms. Cornish brings a distinctive set of abilities to her work with dementia and Alzheimer’s. In 2010 Ms. Cornish founded the Dementia & Alzheimer’s Wellbeing Network (DAWN®) in Moscow, Idaho. Through her hands-on work with dementia, she developed a proprietary method for working with people who have de...