Belonging, care, and support: findings from Ottawa’s healthy end of life project
With a rapidly aging population, Canada has a growing need for public health palliative care services. End of life care, including palliative care, is holistic in nature, paying attention to the physical, psychological, social-cultural, and spiritual needs of the person who is dying and their networ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2024
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Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Year: 2024, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pages: 424–438 |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Grief B public health palliative care B Loss B Caregiving B end of life care |
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| Summary: | With a rapidly aging population, Canada has a growing need for public health palliative care services. End of life care, including palliative care, is holistic in nature, paying attention to the physical, psychological, social-cultural, and spiritual needs of the person who is dying and their networks of friends, family, and caregivers. Public health approaches to palliative care work to strengthen community capacities to provide care in tandem with medical and social services. This study reports on the findings of the Healthy End of Life Project (HELP Ottawa), a 4.5-year community-based research project, to demonstrate the importance of including faith communities in public health palliative care initiatives. Focusing on Christian faith communities, this article explores how faith communities can best build the capacity to offer, ask for, and accept support for members who are living with advanced illness, caregiving, or grieving. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-8049 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2024.2375355 |