September AD 2021 Chaplaincy Practice Detailing

WELCOME: I welcome you all severally and collectively to this month’s outing, I wish to assure you that your contributions are valued and you should therefore offer beneficial contributions for the development of our nascent professional practice and service delivery.

Passivity please note is not a virtue in professional chaplaincy practice and we have zero tolerance for it on this platform. This platform is where people are being groomed and equipped for effective chaplaincy service delivery. Please treat it as such always.

Happy deliberation.

Chap. Prof. David Mike, the Anchor.

 

TOPIC: Diseases, Sicknesses and Ailment that make people abandon their family members or those which make Healthcare providers not to allow people to have contact with their beloved one suffering such.

PREAMBLE: Beloved, there are numerous health challenges and diseases known to the world which are classified as contagious, dangerous and unsafe for people to have physical contacts with those who suffer from such diseases, while some make the family members and friend to abandon their loved ones and run away.

While there are some the Medical Healthcare professionals would prevent family members and friends from having physical contact with their loved ones who are suffering such sicknesses because of contamination and community spread.

In this month’s outing, we are going to concern ourselves with the 2 categories with the intention of showcasing the roles of Healthcare chaplains in such.

POINT 1 - CATEGORY 1: Diseases which make family members, friends and relations abandon their member suffering from such diseases.

a.     What in your understanding are diseases which make family members, friends and relations run away or abandon their member suffering from such diseases?

b.     How would this abandonment affect the one who is sick?

c.      What do you think should be the role of chaplains in this situation both to the patient, the family and friends?

POINT 2- CATEORY 2: Diseases which makes healthcare professionals prevent family members and friends from having direct contact with the sick person.

a.     Make a list of such diseases.

b.     Why do healthcare professionals prevent others from having direct contact with patients with such disease?

c.      What do you think the loneliness experienced by these patients affects their healing and recovery?

d.     What will be the roles of healthcare chaplains in this situation?

POINT 3: Problems and challenges faced by people in category 1

a.     What physical problems are they likely face (both the sick person and the family) and the roles chaplains can play to solve such problems and meet with their physical needs?

b.     What psychological problems are they likely to experience and the roles of chaplains in proffering the needed solution and meeting their psychological needs?

c.      What emotional problems are they likely to face and what would be the roles of chaplains in meeting such need?

d.     What spiritual problems and needs they may be faced with and how will a chaplain meet with them?

e.     What mental health problem would they portray and how would that be solved by the chaplain?

f.       What religious problems would they be faced with and what would be the role of chaplain in solving them?

POINT 4: Problems and challenges faced by people in category 2. Please repeat the same for the people in category 2

Having completed this exercise, what opinion do you have about chaplains and chaplaincy profession?

Would you be able to promote and project chaplaincy better now?

CONCULSION