Author: Eileen Shamy Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 9781843101291 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 228
Book Description
This sensitive and informative book provides guidelines for pastoral visits to people with dementia, showing how to empathise with and support individuals during a visit. Emphasising the importance of retaining dignity and freedom of choice, it also presents practical advice and provides frameworks for leading worship for those with dementia.
Author: Colette Bachand-Wood Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 0819232513 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
Memory loss should not be spiritual loss. “What do I do to help?” Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, almost everyone knows someone with some form of dementia, yet few know how to answer that question, and very little material exists on providing spiritual care to adults with dementia-related diseases. Even seminaries rarely provide training or clinical pastoral education in this field. This book is an answer. It provides a hands-on manual that will give clergy, spiritual care providers, and family members an understanding of the ongoing spiritual needs of individuals with dementia, as well as practical tools such as how to create a religious service in a memory care unit and how one might plan a nursing home visit. Accessibly written, with real life applications and sample services for a variety of settings. More than just useful, the book inspires with shared stories that are tender, sad, funny—and sometimes all three at once, encouraging readers to develop spiritual care ministries for people with memory loss in congregations, homes, nursing facilities, or other communities—a ministry that will only gain in importance in the coming decade, as Baby Boomers age and the number of people with Alzheimer’s and dementia skyrockets.
Author: James Woodward Publisher: A&C Black ISBN: 1441131140 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 151
Book Description
A much-needed resource for reflection on the nature of dementia, particularly its spiritual dimension, And The implications for Churches and other faith groups.
Author: Megan Carnarius Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1844098281 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 366
Book Description
Soul-searing, life-testing situations have what some call “fall-out blessings.” The book is about understanding some of the deeper lessons we are exposed to through caring for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia. We all want a cure. But in the meantime, while this illness is still with us, how can we create a quality of life for each person in each stage of the disease? How can we look deeper into situations that, at first glance, look hopeless and destructive in order to find opportunities for insight, inspiration, and great understanding of ourselves and those we love? How can we allow the full measure of the experience to unfold and be felt with as much of ourselves as we can bring to bear? This book will help people caring for those going through the difficult dementia journey find a way, through the tumultuous waves, to remain awake and open to the blessing of a journey that opens the heart, nurtures compassion, and ultimately enables each of us to be better human beings. It is also for those brave individuals living with memory loss illnesses, so that they be supported and allowed to live their experience fully in their own unique way, to express themselves, to love and be loved, and to be sheltered from harm—that with each stage of the progression, those around the person with dementia find ways to emphasize the loved one’s remaining strengths rather than spotlight their weaknesses. A person with dementia has a whole and well spirit and, in the broadest sense, their brain is a vehicle of self-expression; it does not define their essence. Finally, this book addresses head on the final stage of the disease, when the brain has exhausted all its compensatory ability and the individual is no longer able to take part in regular day-to-day life. At this advanced stage of the disease process, people with dementia are in a deep, internal state that caregivers generally cannot access and share. It can be a very disheartening time. This internal state separates the person with dementia from those around them; however, rather than thinking of it as a prison wall separating the person with dementia from the caregiver, it may be more helpful to think of the person having retreated into a cloistered existence for a while, affording them the time needed by the soul to attend to deeper aspect of the self on a spiritual level. This phase also allows those around the person to honor the vessel, or body, that has housed the loved in in this life and prepare to let them go. When ready the individual will know the time to leave, and if allowed, will let go. Coming from a rich professional background in caring, Megan Carnarius clearly outlines the different stages of dementia and highlights many practical aspects of dementia care, suggesting accessible tools for family and professionals alike. She also addresses the more subtle, spiritual dimensions of this illness with much compassion and understanding, offering new insights into areas that have not been explored in other books on the disease.
Author: Albert Jewell Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 1849051542 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 226
Book Description
Offering an inter-disciplinary approach to spirituality and personhood in dementia care, the contributors to this book are leading practitioners and researchers in the field. They provide both a theoretical structure and a practical understanding of the essential role that spirituality can play in the affirmation of personhood and identity.
Author: Robert Needham Publisher: Gatekeeper Press ISBN: 1662923694 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
An essential resource guide for any family coping with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or other Dementia conditions. In an effort to support caregivers, essential information and resources are presented including strategies for avoiding burnout. The spiritual aspects of caregiving are also addressed, which can be helpful when dealing with such a potentially disheartening situation. This guidebook can also be utilized as a foundation for a caregiver support group. The author personally dealt with the issues described while working as a caregiver and hopes to support others in this challenging situation through their experience. Book Review 1: "This book is a must-have for anyone caring for a victim of dementia. Alzheimer's Disease, A Caregiver's Guide, offers not only general understanding of the condition and its various manifestations but everyday practical methods for easing and reassuring the patient to allow time and energy for the overburdened caregiver. It is a win-win bible for anyone caught in the grip of this puzzling and heart-wrenching disease." -- Barbara Gregory, Retired Publisher Book Review 2: "Dementia and Alzheimer's is such a heartbreaking diagnosis for a person. However, the impact it has on the person's loved ones is equally as heartbreaking- although not usually recognized at first. The quality of life of someone living with (not suffering from) dementia can be measured by the love, patience, understanding and strength of their caregivers. This book offers the reader understanding, tools, and resources to be the best caregiver while still taking care of one's self. The ideas and solutions presented in this book will serve as an excellent basis for any dementia support group. This is such an important resource, I wish everyone could have access to it." -- Sarah Kyprianou, Certified Dementia Practitioner Book Review 3: "While visiting a friend in a memory care facility the author, a successful, retired business executive, saw a problem that that needed a solution. He became a full-time volunteer and began a journey that helped him identify the physical, emotional, and financial toll that Alzheimer's disease has on caregivers. the result is a book that provides a road map of the progression of this neurological disease and is a helpful resource for caretakers. Specific strategies that caregivers can use for coping with memory changes, as well as mood and behavioral changes are clearly presented." -- Lillian Tibbles, PhD
Author: Richard Behers Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 178450856X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
This innovative and sensitive guide to providing spiritual care to people with dementia features original methods drawn from the author's experiences of working with over 1,000 individuals with dementia. It provides creative new ways for chaplains to connect with patients whose spiritual needs are all too often neglected. Ranging from the author's personal experience, factual information about different kinds of dementia and the challenges of pastoral care, it provides instructions for staging a multi-sensory spiritual care intervention with patients. Included are links to exclusive online resources of the author's video presentations and photographs for use in treatment. This insightful work will prove an essential resource for all chaplains working with people living with dementia, and will enable them to achieve both exceptional patient care and a sense of personal accomplishment.
Author: Elizabeth MacKinlay Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 1784500186 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 119
Book Description
Spiritual reminiscence is a way of communicating that acknowledges the person as a spiritual being and seeks to engage the person in a more meaningful and personal way. This practical guide teaches carers how to facilitate engaging and stimulating spiritual reminiscence sessions with older people, and particularly with people with dementia. After reading the guide, carers will understand the many and varied benefits of spiritual reminiscence, and will have developed the skills, confidence and communication techniques needed to support people with dementia in this activity. The authors present in accessible terms the evidence-base to support the benefits of the approach and provide clear, step-by-step instructions for facilitating spiritual reminiscence sessions, including useful suggestions for ideas and questions to stimulate discussion. Intended to be used either as a self-learning tool or as the basis for staff training sessions, this will be a valuable resource for staff in care homes and day centres, activity coordinators, pastoral and spiritual care professionals, clergy and spiritual leaders.
Author: Larry Van De Creek Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317789768 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 117
Book Description
Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia explores spirituality in those with dementia to enrich our understanding of the neurological and psychological aspects of hope, prayer, and the power of belief. You will discover how your ministry is vitally relevant to the clinical well-being and quality of life of people with Alzheimer's disease. Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia provides you with a model spiritual care program for long-term facilities that supplies you with ideas you can implement in your own ministry. You will learn to avoid cognitive pastoral care method that can be hurtful to those suffering with dementia by using new approaches found in Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia. This book provides you with suggestions about how to spiritually care for people with dementia. These important recommendations include: understanding the value of pastoral contact when ministering to people with a loss of cognitive functions and memory discovering the Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold psychosocial model (PLST) that can make important contributions by enhancing the quality of life for people with dementia providing pastoral care using nonverbal methods to overcome the barriers of cognitive dysfunction exploring a client's cognitive and emotional reality on a daily basis to determine how to best interact with him or her gaining insight into how a thorough analysis of the illness and personal religious history can assist in planning religious activities that provide comfort and solace for people with dementia and their families Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia describes religious, theological, and psychodynamic perspectives that will help you to offer better spiritual care for people with dementia. Using your newly acquired skills from Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia, you will be more effective when ministering to people with Alzheimer's Disease and to their families.
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