Category Archives: chaplain

Hospice Is . . .

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Gelbart-Jaffe Coaching

  Hospice is . . . What we all deserve When our departure time is nigh It brings us nurses, aides and doctors To tend to our earthly frame, Visitors who come to sit To be with us by and … Continue reading →

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That Final Journey “Home”

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Gelbart-Jaffe Coaching

This past year as a hospice chaplain I’ve discovered a pattern In my hospice patients: So many discuss trips For which they’re preparing In dreams they have before that final journey One talked about having to set sail . . … Continue reading →

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Learning from My Patients

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Gelbart-Jaffe Coaching

Image from OutdoorLeaders.com This week I learned so much From so many I learned that in viewing death As the “next great adventure” Through which our soul must travel That we must never fear it. I learned To appreciate how … Continue reading →

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Caregivers

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Gelbart-Jaffe Coaching

Ensure that you will be here to tend to your loved one by tending to yourself first. By Chaplain Tamar 3.27.15

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The End & The Beginning

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Gelbart-Jaffe Coaching

As I sit with my hospice patients and their families Helping them prepare For the end of their loved one’s Earthly life I sit with them knowing That they feel this is “The End.” Yet it is not Their words … Continue reading →

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