The Presidents and Presidents-Elect of four cognate pastoral care and counseling groups hold A Pastoral Care Family Reunion in Nashville, Tennessee, October 2-4, and issue a joint statement afterwards.
Michele LeDoux Sakurai, NACC's Commissioner to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Pastoral Services (JCAPS), gives a report on the annual meeting of JCAPS, August 20-22, 1998. Much of the meeting centered on the year's work by JCAPS with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) on standards for the provision of competent pastoral care as part of total health care. Ms. Marianna Grachek, Executive Director of JCAHO's Long Term Care Accreditation Services, attended the meeting and joined the discussion.