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Interview Questions for Starr Calo–oy Christian Based Networks

Re: “Hospice Care at Home”
  1. How did you get started doing hospice care?
  2. What are the advantages of caring for a terminally ill loved one at home rather than a more institutional setting such as a hospital?
  3. You disclose in your book about the living memorial/open house you held in your home for your own mother a few weeks before her death. Could you share this heartwarming story with us?
  4. What have been your opportunities for ministry in your home?
  5. As a believer, how do you minister hope to the families and still remain realistic so they aren’t devastated when their loved one passes away?
  6. During your hospice career, you must have cared for many unsaved elderly and their families. How have you ministered to them?
  7. How you explain to the family that Jesus loves them even though their loved one does not get healed and dies?
  8. Do family members have to have special training to provide terminal care in the home?
  9. What do hospice agencies do for the family?
  10. How does a family go about getting hospice for their loved one at home?
  11. Many people are still under the impression that hospice is a “place” rather than a service provided. Can you clarify this misconception?
  12. You have written a chapter in your book on caregiver burn–out. What are some of the symptoms and solutions?
  13. What are some of the common mixed emotions families go through when they learn of their loved one’s terminal condition and what have you and your husband, Bob, done to minister to them?
  14. In chapter one, you suggest having an interview with your loved one as soon as the diagnosis is made, if they are well minded. What does this consist of?
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Interview Questions for Starr Calo–oy Secular Based Networks

Re: “Hospice Care at Home”

Interview Questions For Author Starr Calo–oy

Re: “Caregiver Guilt”
  1. What led you to write a book on caregiver guilt?
  2. In your opinion, what actually causes the guilt in alternate placement of an elderly loved one?
  3. Would you go over the difference of an adult child caring for their parent in comparison with the care they received from that parent when they were a child?
  4. Could you briefly tell us the stages the family goes through?
  5. What are the nine types of guilt you have identified in your book?
  6. Tell us how an adult child can get past the guilt of going through his parents things to get things in order after realizing they won’t ever be able to come back home.
  7. What do you recommend a family member do to alleviate their burden of the guilt incurred when they must turn the care over to an outsider?
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