Preface. Part 1. Learning about working with people who have dementia: communicating, story, spirituality and spiritual reminiscence. 1. Spiritual care. 2. Dementia. 3. Communication. 4. Reminiscence work. 5. Spiritual reminiscence. 6. The process of small group spiritual reminiscence. Part 2. The weekly sessions of spiritual reminiscence. 7. Week 1 Life-meaning. 8. Week 2 Relationship, isolation and connecting. 9. Week 3 Hopes, fears and worries. 10. Week 4 Growing older and transcendence. 11. Week 5 Spiritual and religious beliefs. 12. Week 6 Spiritual and religious practice. Appendix 1. Group topics for spiritual reminiscence. Appendix 2. Spiritual reminiscence and older people, a small group process: Information for intending participants, staff and families. References.
Learn how to facilitate meaningful spiritual reminiscence sessions with people with dementia
Elizabeth MacKinlay is a registered nurse and an Anglican
priest. She was the inaugural Director of the Centre for Ageing and
Pastoral Studies at St Mark's National Theological Centre,
Canberra, and is a Professor in the School of Theology, Charles
Sturt University. Elizabeth was Chair of the ACT Ministerial
Advisory Council on Ageing ending her term in 2008 and the ACT
Senior Australian of the Year for 2009.
Corinne Trevitt is a registered nurse and Academic Associate at the
Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies in the School of Theology,
Charles Sturt University, Australia. Corinne has worked in
Australia and the United Kingdom and has a background in nursing,
research and teaching with an emphasis on issues of ageing. Corinne
has published in the areas of spirituality for older adults with
dementia and clinical teaching strategies.
Elizabeth and Corinne are co-authors of Finding Meaning in the
Experience of Dementia: The Place of Spiritual Reminiscence Work,
also published by JKP.
We are the stories we tell and the stories that others tell about
us. One of the great fears that surrounds dementia is that in
forgetting our stories we somehow forget ourselves. This of course
is not the case. God holds our stories even when we no longer can.
But it does, at times, feel as if our stories are somehow slipping
away. MacKinlay and Trevitt recognise that this is not the case. In
this engaging and deeply practical book, they seek to explore
creative ways in which the stories of people with dementia can be
discovered and narrated well even in the midst of very difficult
circumstances. This is a wonderful resource.
*Rev. Professor John Swinton, Professor in Practical Theology and
Pastoral Care, King’s College, University of Aberdeen*
This practical follow-up to the authors' earlier work on finding
meaning in dementia through spiritual reminiscence is most welcome.
It encourages small group leaders to develop and employ the
requisite empathetic and communication skills and offers a course
based on six topics that have proved fruitful in helping those
attending to feel that they have really been listened to.
*Revd Dr Albert Jewell, editor of Spirituality and Personhood in
Dementia and of the Christian Council on Ageing's Dementia
Newsletter, Visiting Research Fellow at Glyndwyr University*
This helpful handbook shows that spirituality is not the province
of experts. Carers can ask: 'who is this person?' Step by step
strategies prompt discussion of grief, guilt, fears, regrets, joys;
also uncovering the dreaded issues of death and dying. The author's
central message is that symbols may be more important than words
and engaging with life's meaning better than medication.
*Rosalie Hudson, Associate Professor (honorary), School of Nursing,
University of Melbourne and Adjunct Associate Professor, Charles
Sturt University*
An outstanding book that demonstrates spiritual reminiscence can be
highly successful in giving meaning, hope and perspective to people
living with dementia in ways not traditionally thought possible.
This is an invaluable resource for facilitators, providing guidance
for each session. It challenges the facilitator to explore their
own spirituality to ensure they are able to journey with
others.
*Elizabeth Pringle, former General Manager Operations Australian
Aged Care Quality Agency (AACQA), and consultant, Improvement
Matters*
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