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A4 Frtdiy, EM. 1. 1BI HONOLULU ADVERTISER i Hospice 9 care program called outgrowth of work by Damien TTiTlrrm' PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU SUNDAY AT ALL FOODLAND STORES fXg WE WELCOME FOOD STAMPS ALL PRICES PLUS 4 STATE TAX EWA DRAND Patients, no matter how gravely 111, must have a feeling of self-esteem. "For example, one patient made a rug for one of our staff members; another patient made an oil painting and presented it as an expression of gratitude. "A young construction worker (who was terminally ill) was given a job as a twitch-board operator.

He requested to be married by the chaplain, and this was done. He lived happily married for only six months, although both he and his wife knew of his impending death." Sister Maureen underscored the importance of screening volunteers who want to work for the hospice program. Their help is invaluable, she said, but only if they come to the program because of the patients' needs rather than their own. "Careful screening will assure that dying patients and their families receive solace and support and are not burdened by well-meaning volunteers who may unconsciously be seeking to meet their own deep (psychological) needs through their patient relationship," she said. The important thing in any hospice program, she added, is that the dying patient not be cut off In the hospital or in the home from a "homelike environment." They should continue to be surrounded by families and friends, children and adults, "and pets, if they wish." The psycho-social and spiritual aid that comes out of such an environment is not limited to the spoken word, she said.

"Nonverbal communication a touch on the shoulder, a grasp on the hand is a powerful channel of communication." By TOM KASER Kdierluer Stiff Vrittr St. Francis Hospital's "hospice" care program for the terminally 111 was founded In the same tradition of physical and psychological help administered to lepers on Molokai by Father Damien and Mother Marianne. So said Sister Maureen Keleher, the hospital's executive director, in a speech yesterday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. She was addressing the Hawiian Seminar of the Hospital Home Health Care Agency of California. She said that when Father Damien and, later.

Mother Marianne went to the leper settlement at Kalaupapa. they tried to give their patients the same kind of help and spirit of self-worth that St. Francis' hospice workers are trying to give their patients. St. Francis hospice project, she said, evolved out of the hospital's Home Care Program, which was started in 1962 "on a wing and a prayer and a government grant" to serve seriously ill people in their own homes.

"It took us two years to convince one (federal) government agency that the benefits of home care included not only physical, psycho-social and spiritual needs, but would even be less costly than institutional care." The program has grown since then, she said, thanks to more grants and help from various agencies, medical technical personnel, and volunteers. One of the main missions of the program is to instiU in terminally ill patients a "quality of life" spirit for as long as they live, she said. This task is aided greatly by doctors, hospice staff and volunteers, and the patient's family working together. STEWING CHICKEN ft Jri yqiimr or ij liver 1 'ir i i Sister Maureen Keleher Instilling "quality of life" rilTJIDW4; rJ 'tG 2 I MM T- ii ft i 1 Vl i VAN CAMP'S HAWAII'S OWN FRUIT DRINKS mm 2) VIEMNAS 2 7 1 I mBasm 5 OL aNS NTeo HAWAIIAN PI urn 1 p. IT "Tl EKRlCKEDFUKa aUAQO' 9 HORMEL firm ram kl' srJy HILLS BROTHERS MM mm 12 0Z.CAN GO' LD.

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