Internal Resources

On this page resources developed within L'Arche will be posted. Various communities have responded creatively to these issues and best practices are emerging. This will be a place to share what we have created or learned while trying to respond to the issues of supporting core members as they age, die and grieve.

We also want to look at how to best support each other as assistants during these passages. Note that some related resources can be found in the Spirituality Commission's section either in the Resources for communities or in the Contributions from communities pages. Let's use the web to share these resources and build on our present knowledge.

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Power Point Presentations

Download our Power Point presentation on Grief

Download our Power Point presentation on Palliative Care

Download our Power Point presentation on Aging

Download our Power Point presentation on Dementia

These four PowerPoint's can be used for assistants formation and hopefully to stimulate conversation about these topics in our communities.

Note: Presentation on dementia can take a few minutes to download

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Celebration of Life Checklist

This is pictorial document to use when helping a core member plan there celebration of life or funeral.
posted: 2006-03-21

Circles of Support and Decision Making
This package provides information about creating Circles of Support and Making Decisions around Seriously Ill Core Members. It was orked on by L'Arche Daybreak, L'Arche Sudbury and Jane Powell
posted: 2005-11-09

End of Life Package
This work was done by L'Arche Vancouver. Contact Landys Klyne the commuity leader if you have questions.
posted: 2005-11-09

French Version of the L'Arche Ontario Vision Statement
posted: 2005-11-08

Grieving in the context of a Community of differently-abled people:
The experience of L'Arche Daybreak
This is a chapter from a book on complicated grief was written by Jane Powell. It offers some practical suggestions on supporting people before a death occurs, at the time of death and after the death.
posted: 2005-10-28
 

Helping to choose an Attorney for Personal Care
This is booklet that addresses the issue of helping people with intellectual disability choose and attorney for personal care. It includes a pictorial tool to look at with people and presents a possible process.
posted: 2005-11-08

L'Arche Ontario Vision Statement
We offer this for you to use for discussion purposes. The Ontario Region we thought it may at times be helpful to give to health care providers or people from social services. It was a collaborate effort of the Ontario Regional Council and the Ontario Task Force on Aging, Dying and Grieving.
posted: 2005-09-27

L'Arche Winnipeg Aging Program Manual
The attached is a manual from L'Arche Winnipeg. The section on assessing people for dementia is particularly helpful. Please make sure that appropriate credit is given for outside resources.
posted: 2006-03-21

Taken with permission from L'Arche Canada. 
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