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Spiritual Well-Being and Depression in Patients with Heart Failure

Primary Author: David B. Bekelman, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

Article from the Journal of General Internal Medicine (volume 22) describing a study of sixty elderly patients with class II-IV heart failure. The authors sought to "identify the relationship between spiritual well-being and depression in patients with heart failure" and found that "greater spiritual well-being...was strongly associated with less depression."

Date Last Modified 02/06/2007 Article

Spirituality and Caring for Older Family Members

Primary Author: Lisa P. Gwyther, Duke University Medical Center

Brief article from the Southern Medical Journal (Volume 99, Number 10) describing the interaction between spirituality and long-term caregiving for family members, including how families turn to physicians and faith communities for support.

Date Last Modified 10/01/2006 Article

Spirituality and the Cognitively Impaired

Primary Author: Kathy Fogg Berry, Masonic Home of Virginia

Article in the Age in Action newsletter from the Virginia Center on Aging and the Virginia Department for the Aging. This article:

- Discusses the need to acknowledge and nurture the spirituality of older adults with cognitive impairment
- Provides tools and suggestions for nurturing the spirituality of older adults with cognitive impairment
- Provides a case example of one resident with cognitive impairment to spiritually-based programming and support

Date Last Modified 01/01/2005 Article, Case example/study

Spirituality, Disability and Chronic Illness

Primary Author: Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

This is a one-page article from the Southern Medical Journal (Volume 99, Number 10) that summarizes research into the use of spiritual and religious activities by older adults to cope with chronic illness and disability.

Date Last Modified 10/01/2006 Article

Spirituality in Cancer Care (PDQ ) -- Health Professional Version

Primary Author: National Cancer Institute

Peer-reviewed summary of spirituality in cancer care, written by the National Cancer Institute. Topics include: definitions; the relation of religion and spirituality to adjustment, quality of life, and health indices; screening and assessment of spiritual concerns; modes of intervention; increasing personal awareness in healthcare providers; and other issues to consider.

Links provided to relevant articles in PubMed. Also available in Spanish.

Date Last Modified 04/30/2009 Website, Article, Report/Document/Book chapter