Listening to People with Dementia: A Pastoral Care Perspective

After time was spent with a person who has dementia, she said "Thank you, I feel more human." This statement, implying that one does not feel human, is a profoundly sad comment on the way one who has dementia may feel. Is this a common experience for those who have dementia? What are we do...

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Auteur principal: MacKinlay, Karen (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Haworth Press 2003
Dans: Journal of religious gerontology
Année: 2003, Volume: 13, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 91-106
Sujets non-standardisés:B Pastoral Care
B disempowerment
B Loneliness
B Fears
B Dementia
B Prayer
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Résumé:After time was spent with a person who has dementia, she said "Thank you, I feel more human." This statement, implying that one does not feel human, is a profoundly sad comment on the way one who has dementia may feel. Is this a common experience for those who have dementia? What are we doing, or not doing, that people with dementia can feel that way? The aim of this project was to develop an understanding of some of the experiences of those who have dementia to provide them with more appropriate and effective pastoral care. The project covered several areas-loneliness, fears, prayer, difficult times, and disempowerment as experienced by those who have dementia. Seven people who have a diagnosis of dementia were interviewed.
ISSN:1528-686X
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religious gerontology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1300/J078v13n03_07