Spiritual Assessment and Intervention with Older Adults : Current Directions and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780789027474 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 165 str.

Mark Brennan; Deborah Heiser

Opis

Spiritual Assessment and Intervention: Current Directions and Applications examines current state-of-the-art efforts in the development and implementation of spiritual interventions for older adults. Academics and practitioners working in social work, social welfare, medicine, and mental health and aging present innovative approaches to meeting major challenges in the field of gerontology, including elder abuse, dementia, care giving, palliative care, and intergenerational relationships. The book provides practical methods for dealing with the problems and pitfalls of starting and evaluating interventions of a spiritual nature in a variety of community-based and institutional settings.

Spis treści

• Introduction: Spiritual Assessment and Intervention: Current Directions and Applications (Mark Brennan and Deborah Heiser)
  
• Spiritual, Religious, Nonspiritual, and Nonreligious Narratives in Marginalized Older Adults: A Typology of Coping Styles (Holly B. Nelson-Becker)
  
• A Feasibility Study of a Parent Care Planning Model with Two Faith-Based Communities (David R. Myers, Lucinda L. Roff, Helen W. Harris, David L. Klemmack, and Michael W. Parker)
  
• Raising Awareness of Abuse of Older Persons: An Issue of Faith Communities? (Elizabeth Podnieks and Sue Wilson)
  
• Empowering Spirituality and Generativity Through Intergenerational Connections (Sandy J. Eggers and Beth H. Hensley)
  
• Spiritual Activities for Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease: The Cognitive Components of Dementia and Religion (David E. Vance)
  
• Spirituality and Palliative Care: The CARE Cabinet Intervention (Deborah Heiser, Mark Brennan, and John Redic II)
  
• Spiritual Caregiving for Older Adults: A Perspective from Clinical Practice (Ralph DePalo and Mark Brennan)
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Mark Brennan, Deborah Heiser