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ConnecTo Spiritual Screening Tool

Education Program (2018 revision)

A note to the facilitator

These slides accompany the 2018 revision of the ConnecTo Leader’s Guide. We have included references to the 2017 edition also in smaller type. Participants will need pen, paper and refreshments You can create a set of handouts for participants by downloading them from

• ur website, or copying them from the Leader’s Guide.

2018 Participant Materials have been significantly revised to include more content from the manual. They are located in Part 3 of the revised Leader’s Guide.

The 2017 edition handouts include:

• What is ConnecTo? (Leader’s Guide p34)
• Example of introducing ConnecTo (Leader’s Guide p36)
• Worksheets (Leader’s Guide pp42-47)
• ConnecTo tools
• Evaluation Form (Leader’s Guide p41)

ConnecTo

A tool for spiritual screening

Education Session Overview

• 1. Introduction & what is ConnecTo?
• 2. Spiritual Care – a refresher
• 3. Introducing ConnecTo
• 4. Using ConnecTo
• 5. Applying what you know
• 6. Questions & considerations
• 7. Conclusion & evaluation
• 8. References

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What is ConnecTo?

• Spiritual screening tool
• “What’s important to you?”
• Explores the idea of connectedness
• Used by trained staff

Feb 2018 5 L-R: Meaningful Ageing CEO Ilsa Hampton and Dr Julie Fletcher at the launch (photo: Arcare)

• 2. Spiritual care

refresher

Leader’s Guide p10 (2017) and p11 (2018)

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Describe spirituality

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Spirituality is the aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to

• thers, to nature, and to the significant
• r sacred.

(Puchalski, Vitillo, Hull, & Reller, 2014)

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Describe spiritual care

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An umbrella term

Image from the National Guidelines for Spiritual Care in Aged Care

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Spiritual Distress

• “impaired ability to experience and

integrate meaning and purpose in life”

(Puchalski & Ferrell, 2010, p. 125)

• “challenge to the spiritual wellbeing
• r to the belief system that provides

strength, hope, and meaning to life”

(Berman et al, in Kozier & Erb, 2015)

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Spiritual Screening & Assessment

Screening Assessment Care planning Care planning

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When to Refer

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To discuss…

• What might the signals be for an in-depth

spiritual care assessment?

• How do you know that you’re out of your

comfort zone or depth?

• When might you refer to a spiritual care

practitioner or other skilled and compassionate listener?

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• 2. Introducing ConnecTo

Leader’s Guide p11 (2017) p13 (2018)

Image: launching ConnecTo with project participants and Juliet Uly at the centre, at Arcare in Melbourne, Australia April 2017. Photo courtesy Arcare.

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Uses for ConnecTo

• Pre-admission/spiritual triage/initial

assessment

• Spiritual care planning
• Spiritual care referral
• Personal reflective practice
• Mapping evidence based practice
• Evaluating spiritual care practice

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Five Domains of Connectedness

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Self Reflection

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Get a blank piece of paper Draw a small circle in the middle, big enough to write a word inside

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Draw six circles around the first one

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Write ‘self’ in the middle circle.

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Write ‘self’ in one of the top circles. Notice your connection with yourself. Do you know how are you doing? You might like to draw a dotted or solid line, or some words, or just notice.

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Write ‘nature’ in one of the other circles. Notice your connection with nature. What’s important to you about nature? You might like to draw a dotted or solid line, or some words,

• r just notice your connection with nature.

Write ‘creativity’ in one of the other circles. Notice your connection with creativity. What’s important to you about creativity? You might like to draw a dotted or solid line, or some words,

• r just notice your connection with creativity.

Write ‘others’ in one of the other circles. Notice your connection with others. Who’s most important to you? How strong are those connections now? You might like to draw a dotted or solid line, or some words,

• r just notice your connection with others.

Write ‘Something Bigger’ in the bottom circle and ‘religion’ in the one next to it. Notice your connection with Something Bigger – this may be God for you. If you have a faith, how connected do you feel with your faith? How strong are those connections now? You might like to draw a dotted or solid line, or some words,

• r just notice your connection with others.

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Self Reflection

• What did you notice?
• One small action

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• 3. Using ConnecTo with Others

Leader’s Guide p15 (2017) p16 (2018)

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Relationship & Listening

• Open mind and heart
• “It sounds like....”
• “You seem really sad about....”
• “Can you tell me more about that? What

does that mean for you?”

• Notice and nurture important connections

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ConnecTo

• Proxy
• Follow up conversations
• Everyday encounters
• Look at the ConnecTo Screening Tool

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More about the process

• “Before you needed aged care services,

what was important to you?”

• “What gets you out of bed in the morning?”
• “How do you make sense of what is

happening to you?”

• “What gets you through hard times?”

What’s the underlying meaning?

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ConnecTo examples

Leader’s Guide p19 (2017) and p21 (2018)

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Jack

a) How might you respond? b) What actions might you take? c) Might you refer? If so, to whom?

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Mabel

a) How might you respond? b) What actions might you take? c) Might you refer? If so, to whom?

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• 4. Applying What You Know

Leader’s Guide p23 (2017) p25 (2018)

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What to do with the information

• Who on your team needs to know the

information gathered through ConnecTo?

• How does the information get translated into

practical spiritual support?

• What are the referral pathways?
• How is ConnecTo integrated with each care

plan?

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• 5. Questions & considerations

Leader’s Guide p27 (2017) and p32 (2018)

a) What questions come up for you in considering implementation? b) What seems easy? c) What challenges do you think might arise?

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• 6. Conclusion & evaluation

Leader’s Guide p27 (2017) and p32 (2018)

Thank you for participating! a) What are you looking forward to about using the tool? b) What do you know about spiritual care now? c) What challenges may lie ahead?

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Evaluation

Please complete your evaluation sheet and leave with your facilitator.

If you require further support or to access more tools to support high quality spiritual care, please contact Meaningful Ageing Australia at admin@meaningfulage.com.au Feb 2018 39

• 7. References

Berman, A, Snyder, S, Levett-Jones, T, Dwyer, T, Hales, M, Harvey, N, Luxford, Y, Moxham, L, Park, T, Parker, B, Reid-Searl, K & Stanley, D (eds.) (2012). Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, Vols 1-3, 2nd Australian ed, Pearson, Australia. Fletcher, J. (2016). Understandings and perceptions of spirituality held by multidisciplinary professionals involved in a community-based palliative care organization: Implications for professional practice. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Australian Catholic University, Aquinas Campus: Ballarat, Australia. Meaningful Ageing Australia (2016). National Guidelines for Spiritual Care in Aged Care. Meaningful Ageing Australia: Melbourne. Puchalski, C., Ferrell, B. (2010). Make health care whole: integrating spirituality into patient care. West Conshohocken: Templeton Press.

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