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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, health, and wholeness: an introductory guide for health care

Primary Author: Henry H. Lamberton, Loma Linda School of Medicine

Textbook that explores the principles of spiritual care as applied to clinical practice. Intended to help clinicians learn to respond effectively and appropriately to spiritual needs in a health care setting. It includes chapters on:

- A model of whole person care
- Exploring the mind, body, and spirit connection
- Spirituality and coping with trauma
- Faith, illness, and meaning
- Spiritual care: basic principles
- Spiritual care of the dying and bereaved
- Intercultural engagement in healthcare
- Working with difficult patients

Date Last Modified 08/18/2004 Book

No box to tick: A booklet for carers of people with learning disabilities

Primary Author: Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities

This booklet is intended to help caregivers of people with learning disabilities with spiritual and emotional support. It is based on interviews and focus group-based research and gives suggestions of things to do.

Date Last Modified 06/01/2004 Manual/guide

Spiritual Caregiving: Healthcare as a Ministry

Primary Author: Verna Benner Carson, Staff Builders Home Health and Hospice

"In this book, Carson and Koenig examine the state of the healthcare system with the goal of providing healthcare professionals and caregivers the inspiration and practical tools to re-claim their sense of purpose."

Chapters include:

1. Spiritual Caregiving: Healthcare as a Ministry
2. The State of the Current Healthcare System
3. Envisioning the Ideal
4. Preparation for Spiritual Caregiving
5. Providing Spiritual Care
6. Giving Spiritual Care: The Patient with Chronic Illness and Pain
7. Giving Spiritual Care: The Dying Patient
8. Spiritual Care for Special Populations
9. Nurturing the Self: Nurturing the Spirit
10. A David-and-Goliath Match: Taking On the System

Date Last Modified 05/01/2004 Book

What is important to you? A booklet for people with learning disabilities

Primary Author: Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities

This booklet is written for people with learning disabilities. It is based on interview and focus-group based research on what is important to people with learning disabilities. It is intended to help patients think about what is important in their lives and communicate that to others.

Date Last Modified 04/01/2004 Manual/guide