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Better Living April 2012TRANSCRIPT
A special supplement to The Daily Nonpareil
Ministering to homebound church members
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April is National Donate Life Month
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Pastors and volunteersat local churches reachout to keep homeboundmembers connected totheir congregations.
St. John LutheranChurch has a StephenMinistry that, amongother things, ministers tohomebound members,said the Rev. Jon Benson,senior pastor.
“The Stephen Ministryis one-on-one care; and it’snot necessarily this wayin every congregation, butour Stephen ministersare assigned people whoare shut-ins, and they willvisit people and some-times take communion,”he said. “The expectationis that they will visitabout once a month. Andthat is in addition to myown ministry to shut-ins.”
He also takes commu-nion to some homeboundmembers.
Stephen ministersmust complete 50 hoursof training, he said.
Stephen Ministry wasdeveloped by a Lutheranpastor and is named afterSt. Stephen, Benson said.
“Stephen, of course,was the first Christianmartyr, but he was a dea-con, and he did thingswhen the disciples werebusy doing somethingalso,” he said.
The church also has aChristCare program withgroups that perform ser-vices projects – some-times for homeboundindividuals, he said.
New Horizon Presby-terian, too, has a StephenMinistry that includespersonal visits with
homebound membersand response to his/herindividual needs, saidLois Nihsen, member andStephen minister. Thechurch currently has onecertified leader and fourcommissioned Stephenministers.
“We usually make vis-its, if they are (amenable)to that,” she said. “Whatwe do is go and visit orcall. We try on a weeklybasis at least to visit orcall. Most of it is just lis-tening – caring and listen-ing.We just try to be therewith them – visit withthem, pray with them.
“Sometimes, they don’thave anybody they canreally confide in,” shesaid. “Of course, it’salways completely confi-dential.”
The experience leads topersonal growth for thevolunteers, Nihsen said.
“We learn to be morecaring and to be good lis-teners,” she said. “It’s justthe relationship, youknow, that you build withthose people.”
Stephen ministerssometimes run errandsfor people. In addition,church volunteers takecare packages, flowersand cards to shut-ins,among other things, thechurch’s website states.
Ministers at First
Christian Church takecommunion to home-bound seniors weekly andconduct worship servicesat three local nursinghomes, according to thechurch’s website. DVDs ofeach Sunday’s sermon areavailable on request.
First Christian Churchhas a staff person, JeanProvines, assigned tosenior adult ministries.Provines visits home-bound members – some-times with her speechlessbuddy, Clark – providestransportation to medicalappointments or pharma-cies and oversees thechurch’s medical equip-ment lending library andother activities. She andchurch volunteers distrib-ute carryout meals for
Sunday dinner to shut-insperiodically and take Maybaskets to them annually.They also keep in touchthrough phone calls andcards. During the warmermonths, members donatefresh, homegrown pro-duce for distribution tothe homebound.
At Broadway UnitedMethodist Church, clergyor trained volunteers takecommunion to home-bound members periodi-cally. Volunteers normallytake videotapes of wor-ship services to shut-ins,but that ministry has
been suspended pendingthe purchase of newduplicating equipment.
Care Team volunteersvisit, call and send cardsto the homebound andoccasionally take goodiebaskets. Some transportCare Team partners, asthey are called, to doctor’sappointments or pharma-cies. A separate group ofvolunteers takescasseroles to those whoneed assistance becauseof health conditions orbereavement.
In the Corpus ChristiParish, Eucharistic minis-ters – either clergy ortrained volunteers – takecommunion to nursinghomes and homeboundmembers regularly. Vol-unteers visit shut-insweekly and keep in touchthrough phone calls.
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The Rev. Paul Masters, pastor at New Horizon PresbyterianChurch, administers communion during a service at thechurch. Pastors and volunteers at many local churches alsotake communion to homebound members.
■ Over 112,000 Amer-icans currently wait fora life-saving organtransplant. Over 640 ofthose people are Iowans.
■ 19 people on thenational waiting list dieevery day, about 6,000people every year or 1person every 85 minutesbecause there are notenough donated organs.
■ Every day, 105 newnames are added to thenational organ waitinglist. That is 1 personadded every 14 minutes,every day.
■ Up to 100 people inneed can benefit fromone person’s decision tobe an organ and tissuedonor.
■ With recentadvances in medicaltechnology, more peoplethan ever before can bedonors, even those over80 years of age.
■ People between theages of 18 and 49 makeup almost 60 percent ofthe national organ wait-ing list.
■ Individuals over theage of 18 can indicatetheir consent to be anorgan and tissue donor.
■ Children 17 yearsand younger may signon to the Iowa DonorRegistry with aparent/guardian signa-ture.
■ 50,000 sight-restor-ing transplants are per-formed every year.
■ African Americans,who represent 12 per-cent of the national pop-ulation, receive morethan 20 percent of allkidney transplantsbecause of specific med-
ical conditions includingdiabetes and high bloodpressure.
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“If I’m admitted intothe hospital and thedoctors know I want tobe a donor, will they stilltry and save my life?”
There is no conflictbetween saving livesand using organs fortransplant. Medical pro-fessionals will do every-thing they can to saveyour life. The doctorswho work to save yourlife are not the samedoctors involved with
organ donation. It isonly after every attempthas been made to saveyour life, that donationwill be discussed withyour next-of-kin.
“I carry a donor cardand it is in my will thatI want to be a donor, sodo I still have to tell myfamily that I want to bea donor?”
Even with first personconsent/donor designa-tion it is still recom-mended that you informyour family of yourwishes to donate sothere are no surprises atthe time of your death.
Some states do requireconsent from your legalnext-of-kin for donationto occur, so it isextremely importantthat you inform them ofyour wishes. A will isaccessed by the familywell after the death hasoccurred and is uselessin expressing donationwishes.
“Won’t donation costmy family a lot ofmoney if I become adonor?”
There is no cost to thedonor’s family for organdonation. Hospitalexpenses incurred prior
to brain death declara-tion and funeralexpenses after the dona-tion are the responsibil-ity of the donor’s family.All costs related todonation are paid for bythe organ procurementorganization. In fact,many OPOs have dedi-cated staff to reviewhospital bills to ensurethat donor families arenever charged for dona-tion-related expenses.
“Can I still have anopen casket funeral if Iam a donor?”
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The donor’s body istreated with a greatdeal of respect and dig-nity. The recovery oforgans is conductedunder standard, sterileconditions in an operat-ing room by qualifiedsurgeons or qualifiedrecovery personnel. It isextremely unlikely thatthe process will disfig-ure the body or changethe way it looks in acasket.
“Will anyone want myorgans? I think I’ m waytoo old and I have beensick in the past.”
At the time of death,the appropriate medicalprofessionals will reviewyour medical and socialhistory to determine if
you are a candidate fordonation. Anyone,regardless of age, can beconsidered for organdonation. With recentadvances in transplant,more people than everbefore can donate.
“How do I know that Iwill be really deadbefore my organs areprocured?”
Organ donation onlyoccurs after death hasbeen determined by adoctor (in some statestwo doctors) notinvolved in transplant.To donate organs, apatient must be braindead or meet the crite-ria for ODCD.
“Can organs be givento different racialgroups or individuals of
the opposite sex?”In most cases, race
and gender are not afactor.
However, organ size iscritical to match a donorheart, lung or liver witha recipient. Plus, peopleof similar ethnic back-grounds are more likelyto match each otherthan those of differentracial heritage.
Cross-racial donationscan, and do, happenwith great suc-cesswhen the matches areavailable.
“Can the donor familymeet the recipients?”
The identity of allparties is kept confiden-tial. The donor familyand the transplantrecipient may receiveinformation such as age,
sex, occupation and gen-eral location.
Individually, therecipient may be toldthe circumstances ofdeath and the donor’sfamily may be informedof the transplants thatwere performed andreceive informationabout the health statusof the recipients.
Donor families andrecipients are encour-aged to communicatewith each other throughthe OPO.
While the initial con-tact is anonymous, fami-lies and recipients may
decide to communicateopenly after a period oftime and if both partiesare interested, they maymeet.
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In October 2011Southwest 8 Senior Ser-vices launched a pilotprogram entitled “Gen-eral Nutri-tion forSeniors,” at the BrickerActivity Center inShenandoah, Iowa.
The program seeks toenable older adults tomake healthy foodchoices, enhance theirown well being, conservefinancial resources, plannutritionally soundmeals for 1 or 2 and
develop an in-quisitiveattitude towards newfoods. Classes includepresentations, groupdiscussions, demon-stra-tions, and interactivecooking labs.
Presentations andgroup discussionsincluded such topics aslabel reading, essentialnutritional needs ofseniors, healthy fatstrategies, and safe foodpreparation and storage.
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advertisements or self-proclaimed expertise. This disclosure is required by rule ofthe Supreme Court of Iowa. A description or indication of limitation of practicedoes not mean that any agency or board has certified such lawyer as a specialistor expert in an indicated field of law practice, nor does it mean that such lawyeris necessarily any more expert or competent than any other lawyer. All potentialclients are urged to make their own independent investigation and evaluation of
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TELPNER, PETERSON, SMITH,RUESCH, THOMAS & SIMPSON
Attorneys At Law25 Main Place, Suite 200 • Council Bluffs
All Attorneys Licensed in Iowa & Nebraska
325-9000 • www.telpnerlaw.com
Charles L. SmithJack E. Ruesch
Walter P. ThomasShannon Dell ‘Orfano Simpson
Nicole Engelhardt
Charles L. SmithJack E. RueschWalter P. Thomas
Shannon Dell ‘Orfano SimpsonNicole HughesAimee L. Lowe
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age than the type ofcrash. There are twotimes in people’s liveswhen injuries peak; onein adolescence, theother in their senioryears.
Unfortunately theability to recover frominjury declines with ageand the medical bag-gage you have rackedup over the years.
An injury you mayhave sustained duringyour teen yearsrequires far less recov-ery time than the sameinjury several decadeslater.
If you are already arider or consideringbecoming a rider thereare a number of motor-cycle safety groups andorganizations aroundthe state.
The 2012 Iowa Motor-cycle Safety Forum isscheduled April 27th,2012 at the Iowa StateCenter’s SchemanBuilding at Iowa StateUniversity in Ames andis a great place toobtain more informa-tion about riding. Thisyear’s theme – “All theGear, All the Time” isone that is valuable toall motorcycle riders.
For more informationabout Motorcycle RiderEducation follow thelinks at iowamre.com.
Motorcyclesafety, forentertainmentand forcommutingto work
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