Health Care Workers seminar notes

10% of Canadians are Health care workers; 80% are women. Health care workers are 1.5 times more likely to be off work due to illness. U.S.A. studies demonstrates that 10% to 15%, in their life time will misuse substances. There are five stages of burn out according to De Hart, 2020) Stage 1: honeymoon enthusiasm Stage 2: onset of stress stagnation; Stage 3: chronic stress - frustration; Stage 4: Burn out/apathy; Stage 5: habitual burnout/intervention. Causes: Physical exhaustion, mental and emotional exhaustion. Among Canadian nurses (based on suggestions and trends [not research]) rates, reflect the general population, though misuse of narcotics could be higher among Canadian physicians, rates in par with or slightly higher than general populations. Misuse varies across specialties. There is a high burn out in Toronto Acute care. Health Care Workers are at increased risk for mental illness (Statistics Canada Survey, published feb 2021. 18,000 Health care workers were surveyed. 70% reported their mental health as somewhat worse or much worse versus prior to Mar 2020. 70% reported fair or pool mental health. I have signed up for another seminar regarding the health of our Health Care workers next month. I will bring you up with some of that data. Any errors are always mine and not those of the establishments. This week I shall be attending a talk about sex, love and addiction. Of course I shall be sharing my notes with you. Take care for now. I have finished my next book. I just want to review it one more time. Unfortunately I did not have as much time to work on it as I would have liked, but it is my hobby for now. I sold more in 2021 than 2020. If you are interested in buying any of my books or ebooks check out https://silvaredigonda.ca. I write for fun only.

A need for Reflection - Continues from Ethics Theology notes

How should we understand and apply our primary affective experiences? Reflection on questions of moral knowledge, objectivity and truth (what is out there beyond myself?). Morality is based on reality. What can we know? How reliable is our knowledge? Issues of “differences” in our reflections (eg. abortion) Social relativism (what society approves). Personal relativeness (do you own thing?) Emotivism (what feels good): emotions, not statements of truth or falsity. There is no objectivity. No basis for moral creativity or criticism. Moral Objectivity The possibility of a common objective reality: in principal we ought to be able to reach universal agreement about the truth or falsity of our moral claims. Single source of appeal: rational world order; God (There is a truth of reality. If reason can find a rational order whether we believe in God or not. Out there, there is something - divine law- to have morality there has to be more than just my feelings and experiences. Critical realism: an avoidance of the extremes. This is still to continue, but I want to talk about our health care next week from a seminar near the end of last year. I am dreaming of catching up with paperwork but there is always a hiccup that interferes. I maintain a balanced life and hope you are able to as well. That appears to be more of a problem during the pandemic for many. I wish you a good weekend. Stay healthy. I am staying home until my booster is at its fullist protection for me. I am looking forward to being out again. Talk soon. If you ever have a question don't hesitate to ask. Good talk.

Thank you from the Jesuits at René Goupil House

The Internet Murders ......cont.........

“Fr. Francis managed to nod and walked to the side of the church. The door to the house was unlocked. He entered and Mrs. Delany approached him in a fuss. “Father, oh Father, come here and sit down and I’ll make you a nice pot of tea.” He felt himself being guided by Mrs. Delany to a chair. She placed a plate of cookies in front of him and he stared at them, wondering if he would ever be able to eat again. He felt a hollow pit in his stomach. The roller coaster he was on was slowing down but would not stop. *** Sandra slowly opened her eyes, looking through the hospital window at the rising sun. There was a rosy glow, with the promise of a new day. She felt as if she had been badly beaten. She had never experienced so much pain. She felt sore throughout her body. The nurse entered. “How are you feeling, dear?” Sandra turned slowly to look up at her. “As if I have been hit by a truck.” “Would you like to have something to eat?” The nurse asked cheerfully. Sandra suddenly felt very hungry. How long had she been here? ” Excerpt From: Silva Redigonda. “The Internet Murders.” https://www.silvaredigonda.ca

Ethics - theology notes

Even to be morale, we require the notion of sensitivity. It begins in the heart not with abstract principles. …Morality begins with notions of value: The sacredness of persons; sacredness of life (appreciation) - All that God created was good and sacred. ….Morality is affective, intuitive, imaginative, somatic. Sensitivity attuned to God. —-Reality and mystery (Incarnational principle) - St Thomas Aquinas raised what the Church has never done before and separate. ——Bringing foundational values to practical situations. ——What best befits the person in all their sacredness. ——Morality is thus about love (parable of good samaritan)(love is always a decision). ——empathy (Carol Gilligan) ——The practice of the presence of God. ——Prayer ——Prayerful attention to the presence of God in the Ordinary, diverse experiences of daily living. ——Reading the signs of the times. ——Fullness of relationship. ——to be attuned to one’s heart; rules alone are inadequate for moral judgement and action. to be continued with "A need for Reflection" (I took three ethics courses - one being theological)

#Market Place

I cannot believe it is mid January already. I am afraid I got a very bad cold or was it more, which is improving but I did have to go out and shovel in a blizzard yesterday just to clear the steps to the front sidewalk. Thankfully, my next door American neighbour did my sidewalk which I am very thankful for. I have always had a soft spot for my American neighbours. Today I recommend that People watch Market Place which you can find on utube because it talks alot about the scams going on and other serious concerns. The most recent one was by a guy named Alex I believe, who is supposed to be registered telling a producer that he is registered and her water tank needs to be replaced within the next six days on his authority. However, this water tank which was supposed to be dangerous was examined by a College Professor prior and it was found to be in good order. It was functioning properly. The Company that Alex works for has a government type name beginning with Ontario which victims have thought was actually government. Then hold and behold they did another examination of people being scammed for thousands of dollars and signing contracts for something which would cost about 250.00 to buy plus installation and they find they have a lien on their house again for thousands of dollars when they try to sell their homes. Market Place shows how easy this is to do and there is no follow-up with the homeowner. What was most disappointing was that they informed what was happening to the government who refused to see them. Really? Do we need to inform the government that they are elected officials voted in who can be voted out? When they refuse to speak to the media professionals working in our interests, they are acting like dictators. We need to be careful about that especially during these days. A previous show demonstrated how toxins in clothing is being allowed into the country from where else? China? This includes toxins in items for children. This is controlled in the States but not in Canada. Why? Because businesses police themselves here. Why am I interested in all this? Because it causes undo stress for people who have enough stress in this pandemic. NOt only do they feel betrayed by registered companies but also abandoned by their own government who they believe should be protecting them. It is disappointing for me to see people suffer needlessly because people are not doing their jobs. If people are registered and breach ethics, then they should be penalized and lose their license. We have a lot of work to do to help out our people and the first thing is to hold people accountable for scams and our government to start listening and do their jobs. Next week I shall continue to talk about ethics from my notes in grad school. Have a good week. Keep safe. What do you think?

The Internet Murders continues https:www.silvaredigonda.ca

“As Francis drove towards the church he was disturbed by all the police cars parked at the front of the main entrance. No one had called him. What had happened? He approached one of the uniformed policemen who was standing just inside the yellow tape barrier. “I am Fr. Francis. This is my church. What has happened?” Fr. Francis was directed to the plain clothes officer. Sandfield saw the good-looking young priest approaching him. He was tall, and looked more like a model sporting a priestly collar than a priest. “I am Detective Constable Sandfield. I am sorry to inform you that an elderly priest was killed here overnight. He has already been transported to the coroner’s office.” Fr. Francis felt his legs weaken and was suddenly unsteady on his feet. He felt as if he was on a roller coaster that was going too fast and wouldn’t stop. “How …,” he barely managed. “It appears, by the markings around his neck, that he was strangled. There will be an autopsy. We talked to a Mrs. Delany who said you were expected this morning. She tried to call you but …. Francis couldn’t make out any more of what the detective was saying. He had talked about a phone call. There was no phone at the cottage and his cell phone … where was his cell phone? His mentor and old friend was dead. It was his fault. He had asked him to stay at the church so he could go away for a few days to relax. His friend encouraged it. He was relaxing while his friend was being killed. How could this be happening? The words of the detective slowly became audible, “Mrs. Delany called the Archdiocese. They are making arrangements. We’ve already swept the church. You can have your church back by the end of the day. We’re working hard trying to get this done.” Francis stopped hearing the words again. He was in a fugue state. “Father, I know this must be a shock to you. Why don’t you go to your house and we’ll talk to you a bit later. Ok?” Excerpt From: Silva Redigonda. “The Internet Murders.”