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A pastoral essay on the practice of supporting the spiritual well-being of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A pastoral essay on the practice of supporting the spiritual well-being of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia./
Author:	Call, Verna Louise.
Description:	171 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-01, Section: A, page: 0213.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-01A.
Subject:	Religion, Clergy. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3162927
ISBN:	0496967886

A pastoral essay on the practice of supporting the spiritual well-being of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.
Call, Verna Louise.

A pastoral essay on the practice of supporting the spiritual well-being of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. - 171 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-01, Section: A, page: 0213.

Thesis (D.Min.)--Lancaster Theological Seminary, 2005.

This pastoral essay examines the theological issues and unique spiritual needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. As life expectancy increases, so does the likelihood of developing dementia. It is a crisis that will impact not only persons with the disease and their families but their churches as well. This essay seeks to answer the question of how churches can best respond to this increasing need through, first, confirming that persons with dementia still have accessible and intact souls that hunger for spiritual nourishment and, second, by providing guidance on how best to provide this spiritual care. This project can best be described as a description-focused project with implications or recommendations for practice. The insights of many writers who have provided their perspective on the theology of the soul, ethics on aging, issues on loss and grieving, medical understanding of dementia and pastoral care of persons with dementia are drawn upon throughout this essay. A major part of the research was undertaken while volunteering as a chaplain for a year in a dementia unit with more than sixty residents at various stages of disease. Many beneficial approaches and methods for spiritual care came from evaluating the observations, interactions, and group sessions in the dementia unit. Interviews of family members of persons with dementia provided information on common symptoms and difficulties associated with dementia along with revealing the unique spiritual and emotional needs of persons with dementia and their families. Interviews of pastors with both personal and professional involvement contributed insight, encouragement, and support for the special practices later proposed in the essay.

ISBN: 0496967886Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017702
Religion, Clergy.

A pastoral essay on the practice of supporting the spiritual well-being of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia.
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