The essential spirit : providing wholistic services to and with older adults / edited by Donald Koepke ; foreword by Charles Fahey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Koepke, Donald, editor.

Fahey, Charles, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Religious life.

Older people.

Spirituality--Christianity.

Spirituality.

Holistic medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, 2016.

Summary:

Everyone who provides services to older adults believes in the biomedical model that addresses the body, mind, and spirit of their clients. On the whole, service providers--be they long-term care professionals, academics, social workers, program professionals, counselors, or even clergy--are quite adept at dealing with the body and the mind. But few understand the essential role of the client's spiritual perspective, which can enhance and make their services and ministries more effective. The Essential Spirit provides such a viewpoint: 1) by exploring a definition of spirituality that is inclusive of both religious and non-religious understandings; and 2) addressing the viewpoints of professionals from a variety of viewpoints. Recognizing that the experience of spirituality is personal and qualitative, The Essential Spirit adds another voice to the ongoing dialogue among professionals and clergy.

Contents:

Introduction: The essential spirit / Donald Koepke

Spirituality, the sacred domain: core concepts and implications for practice for older adults / Jocelyn McGee, Kenneth Pargament, Aaron Silverbook

Finding meaning in perceived meaninglessness / James Ellor

Spirituality and the brain: we know in part / Paul Dobies

Religion: friend or foe? / Peggy Price

Fostering spirituality in dementia: looking beyond cognition / Cordula Dick-Muehlke

The essential spirit in caresharing / Marty Richards

Caregiving: body, mind, and spirit / Giovanna Piazza

Touching spirits: programming for meaning and connection / Nancy Gordon

Using rituals to engage the spirit / Rabbi Richard Address

Transforming suffering into spiritual energy: the practice of "dedicated suffering" / Jane Thibault

How diminished income can result in whole persons / Donald Koepke

Death and dying: the final act of living / G. Jay Westbrook

Epilogue: Looking in a mirror: what do I want to be when I grow up / Nancy Gordon and Donald Koepke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781498273688

1498273688

OCLC:

957436513