{"id":9967,"date":"2021-01-20T14:26:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T03:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/?page_id=9967"},"modified":"2021-01-20T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T03:26:14","slug":"end-of-life-pastoral-resource","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shops.debug.victas.uca.org.au\/?page_id=9967","title":{"rendered":"End of life pastoral resource"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>This page offers pastoral resources for those in ministry attending to individuals and their families at the end of someone&#8217;s life. &#8220;End of life&#8221; is a phrase chosen to encompass all forms of death that would not be referred to as natural causes; such as, voluntary assisted dying, suicide, terminal illness, accident.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative for these resources came from the Victorian Government&#8217;s decision to legislate for VAD. These resources are for the Church&#8217;s ministry in a pastoral context, where VAD has been chosen following the appropriate legislated processes. They are not to suggest an agreement, or otherwise, with the legislation. They simply position the pastoral carer\/minister as a non-judgemental pastoral presence offering ministry to those affected.<\/p>\n<p>The pastoral carer\/minister should BY LAW NOT BE INVOLVED in the influencing, discernment or decision-making of an individual in these matters.<\/p>\n<p>Further resources (with links) are welcome. Please send through suggestions to <a href=\"mailto:nigel.hanscamp@victas.uca.org.au\">nigel.hanscamp@victas.uca.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>PASTORAL CARE<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.health.vic.gov.au\/hospitals-and-health-services\/patient-care\/older-people\/palliative\/palliative-emotional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Managing needs in palliative care<\/a>. These resources are for managing personal, emotional, cultural and spiritual needs in palliative care.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/download\/779\/end-of-life-pastoral-resource\/9969\/in-sure-certain-hope-prayers-liturgy\">Pastoral care<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crhcf.org\/insights\/cultural-influence-on-end-of-life-care\/#:~:text=Many%20factors%20influence%20a%20person's,religion%2Fspirituality%2C%20and%20gender.&amp;text=Some%20cultures%20treat%20death%20with,celebrate%20the%20life%20before%20it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cultural influences on end of life care.<\/a> A general introduction to the individual&#8217;s needs at the end of life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>PRAYER<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossroadshospice.com\/hospice-palliative-care-blog\/2017\/may\/04\/prayers-for-the-dying-a-prayer-for-hospice-patients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For the dying<\/a>. This offers a specific approach to prayer for those dying in a hospice. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithandworship.com\/Prayers_comfort_healing.htm#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comfort<\/a>. Offered by John Birch for those difficult times when we struggle.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithandworship.com\/prayers.htm#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Under stress<\/a>. Offered by John Birch, among many other prayers, these are for a variety of contexts and circumstances.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comfortdying.com\/prayers__poems__and_meditations_61866.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dying or ageing with grace<\/a>. Resources on illness, death and dying, loss, grief, and positive ageing collated by Pat McNees.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualhealth.org.au\/multifaith-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faith and belief<\/a>. These resources are shared by Spiritual Health Australia, including Chrisitian prayer and multi-faith reflections on grief, death and dying.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/download\/779\/end-of-life-pastoral-resource\/9972\/vad-patient-prayer\">VAD patient<\/a>. Written by pastoral care staff at the Epworth Hospital.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/download\/779\/end-of-life-pastoral-resource\/9969\/in-sure-certain-hope-prayers-liturgy\">Prayers &amp; liturgy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/download\/779\/end-of-life-pastoral-resource\/9970\/pastoral-visitors-prayer-book\">Visitors<\/a>. This is a prayer book to resource pastoral care visitors collated by the National Health Service of East Suffolk and North Essex.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/united-church.ca\/worship-theme\/death-and-dying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encouragement<\/a>. Provided by the United Church of Canada, this offers encouragement to those in great pain and those ready to die, and their companions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>LITURGICAL (INCLUDING POEMS &amp; SCRIPTURES)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordsfortheyear.com\/2019\/01\/15\/for-grief-by-john-odonohue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grief<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/download\/779\/end-of-life-pastoral-resource\/9971\/scripture-references\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scripture References<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/transactionswithbeauty.com\/home\/10poemsforloss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loss, grief and consolation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/for-the-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For the dying<\/a>.<br \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>OTHER<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancer.net\/coping-with-cancer\/managing-emotions\/grief-and-loss\/understanding-grief-within-cultural-context\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grief and loss in different cultures<\/a>. Considers how different cultures may experience or understand grief.\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK493154\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cultural competence in pain and palliative care<\/a>. Introduces insights into the care of those in pain and palliative care from the perspective of different cultures. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palliativecarebridge.com.au\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Support to the end of life<\/a>. From the Palliative Care Bridge, with insights into best care for those approaching end of life.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caresearch.com.au\/CareSearch\/tabid\/2868\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to care<\/a>. Provided by CareSearch, with practical advice for carers and families facing grief and loss. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dyingtotalk.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dying to talk.<\/a> Encourages healthy conversation about death and dying. Created by PalliativeCare Australia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jasongoroncy.com\/2019\/07\/09\/euthanasia-voluntary-assisted-dying-some-theological-and-pastoral-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theological and pastoral.<\/a> For VAD and collated by Jason Garoncy.  <br \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au\/searchresults?q=voluntary%20assisted%20dying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VAD.<\/a> Provided by the Victorian Government and updated frequently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h4>RELATED DOCUMENTS<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tSYNOD RESOURCES\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-synod_resources\"><li id=\"menu-item-10108\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/resources\/covenanting\/\">Covenanting<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-12015\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/resources\/vaccination-reopening\/\">COVID-19<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-9515\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/resources\/ctm-resourcing\/\">CTM Resourcing<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-9921\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/resources\/disaster-care\/\">Disaster Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-9977\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/resources\/end-of-life-pastoral-resource\/\">End of Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-9298\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victas.uca.org.au\/finance-and-archive\/\">Finance &#038; 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