Spirituality and Long-Term Care Webinar

OVERVIEW

Persons caring for elder residents in Catholic long-term care facilities need a personal spirituality that appreciates the reality of sacramentality, of the meaning diminishment and death, while providing time for reflection and personal prayer. Narratives can help awaken the spirituality in each of us and help us to respond more fully to the spiritual needs of those we serve. This webinar, taught by CHA's Vice President for Mission Services, Sr. Patricia Talone, will discuss the importance and use of narrative, the sacramental foundations of caring for persons and how caregivers can nurture their own spirituality and the spirituality of these they serve.

OBJECTIVES

As a result of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe the role of stories to their own spirituality and in their care to aging and dying persons.
• Trace the sacramental foundations of care for the sick and aging.
• Understand the importance of taking time for personal quiet time and prayer.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

• Health professionals in long-term care organizations
• Long-term care associates
• Eldercare direct care workers
• Eldercare supervisors
• Long-term care Mission leaders
• Sponsors

FACULTY

Sr. Patricia Talone, RSM, Ph.D. Vice President, Mission Services CHA

Sister Patricia Talone, RSM, a Sister of Mercy of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Community, is vice president of mission services for the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). Prior to joining CHA, she served as vice president for mission services and ethicist for Unity Health, St. Louis, a subsidiary of the Sisters of Mercy Health System, St. Louis.

Sister Patricia serves on the board of the Mid-America Transplant Services, and served for more than 10 years on the board of the National Catholic AIDS Network. She, likewise, serves on the Institutional Review Board of the American College of Radiology. She authored Feeding the Dying: Religion and End of Life Decisions (Peter Lang, Inc., 1996) along with numerous articles in health care and theological journals. She lectures extensively on mission and health care ethics and was honored as the 1994 Lindback award winner for distinguished teaching at Gwynedd-Mercy College. She received an honorary doctor of humane letters from the University of Scranton in 2005.

Sister Patricia has taught at every academic level, from third grade through graduate school. She holds a bachelor's degree from Gwynedd-Mercy College, a master's degree from St. Charles Seminary, Philadelphia, and a doctorate in theological ethics from Marquette University, Milwaukee. She spent one semester in 1996 as a visiting fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. From 1988-1997 she was associate professor of humanities at Gwynedd-Mercy College, while also serving as ethics consultant for Mercy Health Cooperation of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

CHA MEMBER BENEFIT

CHA's webinars are designed to offer timely, convenient, relevant, cost-effective education about key topics and issues.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

The Catholic Health Association is authorized to award 1 pre-approved Category II (non-ACHE) continuing education credits for this program toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward Category II credit should list their attendance when applying for advancement or recertification in ACHE.

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