Spiritual Care for Persons with Dementia: Fundamentals for Pastoral Practice by

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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.

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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 memorydiscovering the Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold psychosocial model (PLST) that can make important contributions by enhancing the quality of life for people with dementiaproviding pastoral care using nonverbal methods to overcome the barriers of cognitive dysfunctionexploring 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 familiesSpiritual 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.

Author Biography

Larry Van De Creek

Table of Contents

Contents PrefaceMomma, Oh Momma, I Can't RememberPastoral Care for the Person with Dementia "To See Things as God Sees Them": Theological Reflections on Pastoral Care to Persons with DementiaSpirituality, Religion, and Alzheimer DiseasePastoral Care of Problematic Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Affected Residents in a Long-Term Care SettingForget Me Not: The Spritual Care of People with Alzheimer's DiseaseAssuring Professional Pastoral Care for Every Nursing Home Resident In Memory of Loved Ones Who Have Enriched Our Lives: Helping Staff Create and Hold Memorial Services in Nursing HomesSelected Books of Interest IndexReference Notes Included

Details ISBN0789013967 Short Title SPIRITUAL CARE FOR PERSONS W/D Language English ISBN-10 0789013967 ISBN-13 9780789013965 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2001 Subtitle Fundamentals for Pastoral Practice Edited by Larry Vandecreek Edition 1st Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 142 DOI 10.1604/9780789013965 UK Release Date 2001-04-24 AU Release Date 2001-04-24 NZ Release Date 2001-04-24 US Release Date 2001-04-24 Place of Publication New York Author Larry Van De Creek Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc Publication Date 2001-04-24 Alternative 9780789006905 DEWEY 259.419683 Audience Undergraduate Imprint Routledge We've got this

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