Description
Book SynopsisSpiritual 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
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Table of Contents
Contents
- Preface
- Momma, Oh Momma, I Can't Remember
- Pastoral Care for the Person with Dementia
- “To See Things as God Sees Them”: Theological Reflections on Pastoral Care to Persons with Dementia
- Spirituality, Religion, and Alzheimer Disease
- Pastoral Care of Problematic Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Affected Residents in a Long-Term Care Setting
- Forget Me Not: The Spritual Care of People with Alzheimer's Disease
- Assuring 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 Homes
- Selected Books of Interest
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
