Seminars on End-of-Life Care for Faith Leaders
With the support of the Archstone Foundation, the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) developed these Toolkits to help local end-of-life and POLST coalitions connect with faith leaders in their communities and provide the information and skills to help them support congregation members who are seriously ill, and their families and loved ones.
In 2002, the Center for Healthcare Decisions (CHCD) developed the original Partners in Caring seminar for faith leaders in the Sacramento region. With help from CHCD, CCCC has developed a model curriculum for the seminar and worked with five local coalitions to pilot it in their communities. Based on their feedback, CCCC put together these toolkits mapping out how a local coalition can host successful seminars – from the initial planning phase, to outreach, to program content and evaluation.
How to use the Toolkits
The toolkits contain step-by-step information for local coalitions on planning and publicizing a faith leader seminar, a sample agenda, model presentations and readings, and suggested content for a resource binder. The toolkits are based on CHCD’s years of experience hosting these seminars as well as feedback from the local coalitions that piloted the curriculum.
Toolkits
Toolkit Contents: Partners in Caring
Introduction: Partners in Caring Toolkit (PDF)
- Event Planning (Download this entire section as a PDF)
- Event Promotion (Download this entire section as a PDF)
- Program Content
- Introduction to Program Content (PDF)
- Goals and Agenda:
- Interactive exercises and skills application activities:
- PowerPoint presentations:
- Binder Contents
- Introduction to Binder Contents (PDF)
- End-of-life care:
- Advance care planning:
- Advance HealthCare Directive FAQs (PDF)
- Advance Care Planning Conversation Guide (PDF)
- The Conversation Starter Kit (PDF)
- Choices in Caring Worksheet (PDF)
- Go Wish Information Sheet (PDF)
- Choosing a Healthcare Agent (PDF)
- Help for Healthcare Agents (PDF)
- Online Advance Care Planning Resources (PDF)
- Advance Directive Form (PDF)
- Easy-to-Read Advance Directive (PDF)
- Spiritual planning worksheets:
- Notes and reflections pages (DOC)
- Next steps worksheet (DOC)
- Participant evaluation form (DOC)
Toolkit Contents: Partnering with Palliative and Hospice Care Teams
Toolkit Contents: The Basics of Advance Care Planning for Faith Leaders
- Basics (DOC)
- Presentation (PPT)
- Sample Agenda (DOC)
- Handouts:
- Advance Care Planning: Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
- Advance Care Planning: Interest inventory worksheet (DOC)
- Advance directive form
- Go Wish information sheet (PDF)
- Online advance care planning resources (PDF)
- Simple advance directive — English (PDF)
- Simple advance directive — Spanish (PDF)
- The Conversation Project — English (PDF)
- The Conversation Project — Spanish (PDF)
- The spiritual dimension of facilitating advance directives planning: the congregational setting as a vital resource (DOC)
The Alliance of Catholic Health Care also offers information and resources on end-of-life/whole-person care especially for faith leaders.
