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Pastoral Care Week
October 21-27, 2012 – 27th Year Anniversary
Giving Voice – Join us as we come
together to raise our voices to
Empower – Express – Educate.
Pastoral Care Week gives
opportunities for organizations and
institutions of all kinds and types to
recognize the spiritual caregivers in
their midst.
FALL CONFERENCE:
The Circles of Your Mind:
Understanding the Ripples of
Grief and Loss
Friday, November 2, 2012
Speaker Dr. Bill Webster, PhD
Co-Sponsored by Dengler, Perna,
Roberts Funeral Home
FAMILY & FRIENDS
GRIEF SUPPORT EVENING
Coping with Life after Loss
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Speaker: Dr. Bill Webster
Co-Sponsored by Dengler, Perna,
Roberts Funeral Home
GRIEF EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAM –NEW SERIES
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
at WNY Gilda’s Club
For info call: 716 845-8051.
PASTORAL CARE
CHAPLAIN WANTED TO
JOIN OUR TEAM AT
ROSWELL PARK.
Apply on line at
www.roswellpark.org/careers/ap
ply-online or email resume to
[email protected].
Please reference job #2616.
A Newsletter from the
Department of Pastoral Care at Roswell Park
Dear Friend of Pastoral Care:
It is hard to believe that the warm summer days are almost gone and the crisp air of autumn is
on its way. This summer the Pastoral Care staff has been very busy planning for all fall events.
Once again this fall, the staff of the Department of Pastoral Care will sponsor an overnight
retreat for cancer patients and caregivers. The Nurture Your Hope retreat will be held
at Chautauqua Institution on September 14 th – 15th 2012. The weekend will include
sessions on Prayer, Spirituality and Healing, The Patient and Caregiver Journey, Gentle
Yoga, Music and Meditation. Speakers for Nurture Your Hope include, Dr. Yashodhara
Satchidanand, Staff Physician, Supportive & Palliative Care; Molly Flynn BA, MS, ATR; and
Artist in Residence Program at Roswell Park, and members of the pastoral care staff,
psychosocial oncology, and nursing and staff of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. For more
information or a brochure, please contact our office.
Also, the Department of Pastoral Care is sponsoring with Dengler, Perna, Roberts Funeral
Home a Health Care Ministry Education Day titled, Circles of Your Mind: The Ripple
Effect of Grief and Loss at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Bill Webster, PhD, founder and
executive Director of the Centre for the Grief Journey will be the speaker for the
conference. The conference will take place on Friday, November 2, 2012. You will find the
brochure for this conference enclosed. Also, on Thursday November 1, 2012, Dr. Webster
will conduct an evening for individuals who have lost someone. The evening will be held at
Roswell Park and begin at 7:00pm. For information you can call the office at 716 845 8051.
In the fall, the Pastoral Care Department will once again sponsor Grief Education evenings at
WNY Gilda’s Club. The first session will be held on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 6:30 –
8:00pm. This session, The Three Cs of Grief: Choice, Communicate, Compromise will
be presented by Beth Gerrish, After Care Coordinator Dengler, Perna Roberts Funeral Home.
Brochures for the up and coming program are available in the Pastoral Care office.
Pastoral Care Week is celebrated nationally October 21 - 27, 2012. The theme this year is
Giving Voice. – Join us as we come together to raise our voices to Empower – Express –
Educate. At Roswell Park the staff of the Pastoral Care Department will be educating the
Institute staff on the continued importance of recognizing the impact a person’s faith and
culture has on their illness and survivorship. A luncheon will be held at Roswell Park on
Wednesday, October 31st for members of the institute staff where they will hear testimonies
by our employees who are cancer survivors from different backgrounds on how faith
carried them through their journey with cancer.
Finally, I would like to publically express my appreciation to Sara Schultz who served
Roswell Park Cancer Institute as the Jewish/palliative care Chaplain for the past 7 years.
Sara and her husband have embarked on a new journey in their lives. We wish them health
and happiness in the years ahead.
Once again, if I can be of any assistance to you, please contact me at 716 845-8051.
Wishing you a blessed autumn season.
Sincerely,
Beth Lenegan, PhD
Director of Pastoral Care
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
FALL 2012
Resources
information about
For
Pastoral Care services and
programs at Roswell Park
Cancer Institute, please
visit our website
www.roswellpark.org/pastoralcare.
Rest and Renew for Life:
A Meditation CD
The Pastoral Care Department
has produced a meditation CD
for patients, family members
and caregivers. The CD features
vocals written and performed by
Chaplain Sara Schultz.
Dr. Gregory Loewen, a former
Roswell Park physician wrote
and performed the music.
It was produced by Bob Attea,
Chairman of the Board and CEO
of Uncle Bob’s Storage. This CD offers a healing
presence of music. CDs are available by calling
the Pastoral Care Office 716 845-8051.
The Community Cancer Resource
Center (CCRC), located on the first floor of
the Hospital, serves as a clearinghouse of
vital, timely and easily accessible
information on all topics relating to cancer.
The CCRC is open to the public MondayFriday, 9am-5pm. For additional
information, call 716-845-8659.
The CCRC is made possible, in part, through
the generosity of West-Herr Automotive
Group, Inc.
The Western New York Breast
Resource Center is located on the second
floor of the Hospital, and offers resources
and information on breast health and
disease. For additional information, call 716845-4432.
The Information Center assists cancer
patients, friends and family of patients, the
general public, health professionals and
students who need answers to questions
about cancer, tips for preventing cancer,
publications and community referrals. Call
the toll-free telephone service to speak with a
trained Cancer Information Specialist who
will answer your questions in English or
Spanish. Call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-2757724) Monday through Thursday, 9am-8pm
or Friday, 9am-5pm.
Gilda’s Club WNY, 1140 Delaware Avenue,
Buffalo, NY, is a meeting place where men,
women and children living with cancer and
their families and friends can join together to
build emotional and social support as a
supplement to medical care. Free of charge
and non-profit, Gilda’s Club provides
support and networking groups, lectures,
workshops, seminars and social activities in
a non-residential, home-like environment.
For additional information, call 716-3325900,
or go to www.gildasclubwny.org. Patient Remembrance Service
On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 the Departments of Pastoral Care and
Pediatrics will pay tribute to the children who have died in the past five years.
The service will begin at 7:00pm in The Research Studies Center Building.
On Wednesday, October 24 2012, the Department of Pastoral Care invites
family members of patients who have died from January-June 2012 to an
interfaith remembrance service. The service will be held in the Research
Studies Center at 7:00pm. If a member of your faith community is being
remembered, please feel free to join us. Palliative Care Program
Receives National Certification
The Department of Supportive & Palliative Care at Roswell Park Cancer
Institute, under the leadership of Yashodhara Satchidanand, MD, and Amy
Alvarez, MD, has received Advanced Certification in Palliative Care for a two-year
period from The Joint Commission. Roswell Park is the nation’s only dedicated
cancer center, and one of 15 hospitals nationally, to receive advanced certification
to date.
“Our team was very excited about receiving the certification. This validates our
work and acknowledges that Roswell Park is known not only for cutting-edge
research, but also for compassionate care,” said Dr. Satchidanand.
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses.
It focuses on providing patients with relief from symptoms such as pain and the
stresses of a serious illness — whatever the diagnosis. The goal of palliative care is
to improve the quality of life for both the patient and the family as well as to work
with a patient’s other doctors to provide an extra layer of support. Palliative care
is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness, and can be provided
together with curative treatment.
The Joint Commission (TJC) is an independent nonprofit organization that
accredits and certifies more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs
in the USA. Its Advanced Certification Program for Palliative Care, launched in
2011, recognizes hospital inpatient programs that demonstrate exceptional
patient and family-centered care and optimize quality of life for patients with
serious illness.
Visit www.roswellpark.org for information
about Pastoral Care services and programs
at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.