Provid idin ing Excelle lent t an and Com ompassionate Car are to Our Clie lients, Their Famil ilie ies, Our Coworkers s an and Ourselves During th Du the COVID – 19 19 Pan andemic ic. Se Session Two Cop opin ing Wit ith The Fear of of In Infection Eugene Dufour Hospice Palliative Care Consultant – Bereavement Specialist – Trauma Therapist Email: edufour@tcc.on.ca
Two Focuses of Webin inar: Focus One : Provide the Health Care Worker an opportunity to debrief and defuse from the suffering that you have been experiencing. The webinars will help you identify “Pre -Post Traumatic Symptoms and helpful ways of coping with these reactions to long term suffering. Focus Two: Provide the Health Care Worker with added skills on how to support our clients, family members and our coworkers during this time of multiple and complicated losses.
Session Two: Copin ing Wit ith The Fear of In Infection – Identifying the fears of infection. – Coping with the fear of infection. – My brain will just not shut off. – Fear of infecting my family. – How will we cope with the possible death of coworkers?
One of the hardest things we must do sometimes is to be present to another person's pain without trying to "fix" it, to simply stand respectfully at the edge of that person's mystery and misery. Park rker J. . Palm lmer
Awareness of Fear
Awareness of Needs
Wis ise Min ind
Startin ing from a pla lace of fear: - Hoarding - Complaining Fear - Becomin ing in infected - Dis isplaced anger
Moving to a pla lace of le learning: - St Stop compuls lsively consuming food and news - Le Lettin ing go of f contr trol - Id Identify ify emoti tions Fear - Awareness - Ackn knowledge good will ill Learning
Ris iski king Growth: - Meanin ing and Purpose - Se Service to oth thers Fear - Empath thy - Compassion Not Sure Learning - Self lf-Compassion - Gratit titude Growth - Open to change - Calm lmness
Vi Virtual l Goodbye - Su Suggestio ions 1. 1. Try an and get so someone who is is not ot as as emotionally ly in involved to o tak ake car are of of th the technolo logy. This is allo allows you ou to be tot otall lly present for or th the vi virtual l se sessio ion. 2. 2. Make su sure th the technic ical l person has as all all th the numbers ready in in cas ase th the se sessio ion gets dropped. 3. 3. Makes su sure all all devic ices ar are charged an and programs ar are updated. 4. Facetime, Messenger and What’s App are simple and effectiv ive. Zoom is is excelle lent als also.
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Vir irtual l Go Goodbye – One Mod odel Dr Dr. Ir Ira Byock has as a a won onderful guid ide th that wor orks for a a Vir irtual Go Goodbye. A dyin ying person an and his is / / her r famil ily may need to o sa say: 1. 1. Thank you. 2. 2. Ple lease forgive me. 3. 3. I I for orgiv ive you 4. 4. I I lo love you ou. 5. 5. Go Goodbye. This is sh short rela lationship revie iew covers all all th the si significant is issu sues in in lif life.
Vir irtual Goo oodbye – Mod odel Two Frank Ostaseski outlines the five central “invitations” — habit its of of min ind, ori orientations of of spir irit it — thr through which ich an an ope open acc acceptance of of dea eath th can an become a lo love-expandin ing, lif life-expanding for orce: Fiv ive e In Invit vitations: 1. Don’t wait. 2. . Welc elcome every erything, push away noth othing. 3. . Brin Bring you our whole le self elf to o th the e exp xperience. 4. . Fin ind a pla lace ce of of res est in in th the e mid iddle of of th thin ings. 5. Cultivate don’t know mind.
Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need. Park rker J. . Palm lmer
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