The Role of Pastoral Caregivers to the Terminally Ill Patients

By Jim Garcines

This manual will be eye opening for anyone who has never worked in this field or has had yet to confront the realities of death Garcines humble nature and sincere concern for dying pati ents is clearly evident. His heartfelt and sober book can serve as a useful initiation for those new to the care of the terminally ill.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781479744671

Jim Garcines

Jim came from Cagayan de Oro City, the southern part of the Philippines. He completed his Seminary training at Doane Baptist Seminary in Iloilo City, Philippines, in 1978. He then came to the US in 1983. After two years he started a church in San Jose, CA. He took his graduate studies at Liberty Baptist University and Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, VA. and completed his Master’s degree in 1996. He was Ordained on January 5, 1985 at International Baptist Church, Vallejo, CA At this writing, Jim is a pastor consultant of Filipino International Baptist Church in Elk Grove, CA and a missionary with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE). Jim has planted few churches in California and State of Nevada. At the same time, Jim engaged in chaplaincy work at West Valley Medical Center in San Jose, and Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento, Kaiser, Modesto as Palliative Chaplain and then work as an assistant chaplain for years. Jim started his training for Clinical Pastoral Education with HCMA and completed in 2005. He added another unit of CPE at UC Davis Medical Center in 2006. He did his Internship at South Kaiser, Sacramento, CA and is a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) with Association of Professional Christian Chaplains and with HCMA. A Certified member of Spiritual Caregiver Association USA. Jim continues to get his CPE and has completed his one year residency at University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento in 2012. He worked as a Psychiatric Chaplain at Napa State Mental Hospital and Sutter Memorial Medical Center. Also a frequent lecturer of “End of Life issues” and “Hospice Spiritual Interventions”. “Suicidal Preventions” He offers Grief support to families, Medical Staff and Caregivers. Jim is married to Carol Vasquez Garcines for over 41 years, and is blessed with two children: Jica and Jeriah both a graduate of Bob Jones University, South Carolina, with granddaughter. Please e-mail Jim at [e-mail] for more info

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Copyright © 2013 by Jim Garcines. 124134-GARC

ISBN:    Softcover    978-1-4797-4466-4

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CONTENTS

I. Introduction

II. The Requisites of the Pastoral Caregivers

A. Pastoral Preparation

B. Provision of Pastoral Care

C. Prayer, Scripture, and Sacraments

III. The Responsibilities of the Pastoral Caregivers

A. Perspective on Period of Time

B. Plans for Living through Serious Illness

C. Painful Events

IV. The Resolutions of the Pastoral Caregivers

A. Prognosis and Diagnosis

B. Personal Needs

1. Physical:

2. Emotional:

3. Spiritual:

C. Parental Concern

V. Conclusion

Bibliography

Jim E. Garcines provides a brief overview of a pastor’s duties in ministering to the terminally ill in this slim and insightful manual.

Originally from Cagayan de Oro City in the Philippines, Garcines moved to California in 1983 and began a church in San Jose two years later. This resource manual is the culmination of Garcines’ chaplaincy work, where he was the first one absorbing all the agonies, regrets, failures, misery, anger and hurts of dying patients. He brings his experiences and expertise together in this short offering.

Garcines examines the stages and responses that are most commonly seen in dying patients and their family members. He encourages pastors to be positive without expecting that you are going to cheer them up. Be prepared for their feeling of depression…your job is to be a manifestation of God’s love for and presence to them. Garcines shows that ministering to the terminally ill must be handled with delicate care, as circumstances vary greatly from patient to patient.

A portion of the manual is dedicated to the experiences and perspectives of medical professionals at UC Davis Medical Center in