Full Circle : Spiritual Therapy for the Elderly

ISBN-13: 9780789006073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 256 str.

Kevin H. Kirkland; Howard McIlveen

Opis

When you read Full Circle: Spiritual Therapy for the Elderly, you'll discover a brand new therapeutic approach--spiritual therapy--to treating elderly patients with cognitive disorders. This handy guide will guide you in starting your own renowned spiritually therapeutic program for dementia patients.

Spis treści

Contents Preface

• Introduction
• Definitions
• Rationale
• Format of the Sessions
• Qualities of Full Circle Staff
• A Guide to Using the Themes
• Themes
• Feelings
• Anger
• Confidence
• Confusion
• Depression
• Encouragement and Support
• Envy and Jealousy
• Faith
• Fear
• Forgiveness
• Freedom
• Joy
• Memories and Memories Lost
• Orphaned/Lonely/Abandoned
• Reconciliation
• Shame
• Sorrow/Grief
• Togetherness and Unity
• Life Review
• Aging
• Birth
• Celebration
• Change
• Children
• Death/Loss
• Dreams and Aspirations
• Friendship
• Good News/Bad News
• Home
• Life's Storms and Trials
• Name
• Saying Good-Bye
• Siblings
• Spouses/Partners
• Teacher
• Transitions/Moves
• Work
• Sensory
• Arms
• Clothing
• Darkness
• Faces
• Gardening
• Hair
• Hands/Touch
• Hearing (Ears)
• Heart
• Legs and Feet
• Light
• Meals
• Music
• Pain
• Rest
• Scent/Smell (Nose)
• Sight (Eyes)
• Voice (Mouth)
• Weariness/Fatigue
• Special Occasions
• Communion
• Easter
• Father (Father's Day)
• Gifts (Second Advent)
• Hope/Waiting (Third Advent)
• Love (Fourth Advent)
• Memories of Christmas
• Mother (Mother's Day)
• Promises (First Advent)
• Renewal/New Year's Day
• Thanksgiving
• Veterans Day/ Remembrance Day
• Spiritual
• Angels
• Creation/Nature
• The Cross
• Healing
• Heaven
• Life After Death
• Peace
• Prayer
• Appendixes
• Blank Theme Pages
• Hymnal Sources
• Bibliography
• Hymns/Secular Songs Index
• Topic Index

O autorze

Kevin Kirkland, Howard Mc Ilveen