Spirituality and personhood in dementia / edited by Albert Jewell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jewell, Albert.

Kitwood, T. M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church work with nursing home residents.

Senile dementia--Patients--Religious life.

Senile dementia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Spirituality and Personhood in Dementia; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Maintaining a Sense of Personhood in Dementia: A Personal View; 3. A Carer's Perspective; 4. Walking with a Person into Dementia: Creating Care Together; 5. Becoming a Friend of Time: A Consideration of how we may Approach Persons with Dementia through Spritual Sharing in the Moment; 6. To Live and Do and Help - A Life that's Worthwhile: Reflections on the Spiritual Meaning of Generosity for People Living with Dementia; 7. Voicing the Spiritual: Working with People with Dementia

8. New Directions in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Older People with Dementia and Depression9. Gathering and Growing Gifts through Creative Expression and Playfulness; 10. The Holistic Care of Older People in Care Homes; 11. Making the Journey Together: Palliative Care of Persons with Dementia; 12. Loving Attitude: Chaplaincy as a Model of Spiritual Care for those with Dementia; 13. Resilience Promotion and its Relevance to the Personhood Needs of People with Dementia and other Brain Damage

14. Sounding the Depths: A Reflection on the Challenge of Dementia to Religious Belief and Practice15. 'They Maintained the Fabric of this World': Spirituality and the Non-Religious; 16. Being in the Moment: Developing a Contemplative Approach to Spritual Care with People who have Dementia; 17. Personhood, Personalism and Dementia: A Journey of Becoming; 18. A Situated Embodied View of the Person with Dementia: Where Does the Spiritual Come In?; The Contributors; References; Subject Index; Author Index

Notes:

Festschrift for Tom Kitwood.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613146052

9781283146050

1283146053

9780857003522

0857003526

OCLC:

753974814