Spirituality, religion, and aging : illuminations for therapeutic practice /: illuminations for therapeutic practice. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Holly B. Nelson-Becker.
• Authors: Nelson-Becker, Holly
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; About the Author; Invitation; PART I • PRINCIPLES OF SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION FOR GERONTOLOGICAL PRACTICE; Chapter 1 • The Importance of Spirituality and Religion for Gerontology; Aging in a Postmodern Time; Practical and Orienting Definitions; Portrait of Religion and Aging in the United States; The Demographics of Old Age; Intersectionalities Among Spirituality, Gender Identity, and Older Age; A Brief History of Spirituality Across Disciplines; Assumptions About Religion and Spirituality; The Legacy of Aging in Modern Times; New Directions; Clinical Aspects of Later-Life Spiritual Journeys; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Introduction to Meditation Exercises; Meditation: Breath; Exploring Your Spirituality: Introduction; Exploring Your Spirituality: Basic Questions; Exploring Your Spirituality: Connect With Nature; Websites; Chapter 2 • Defining Religion and Spirituality: Professional and Practical Philosophies; Shifting Foundations; Religion and Spirituality: What Do They Mean?; Who or What Is God?; Professional Definitions of Religion; Background of Spirituality and Its Relevance for Aging; Other Aspects: Existential Well-Being, Spiritual Well-Being, Spiritual Suffering, and Spiritual Care; Spirituality, Standards of Care, and the Professions; Summary; Case Study: Spiritual Suffering and Spiritual Crisis; Questions for Discussion; Meditation: Relaxation, Also Known as Body Scan; Assignment: Interview an Older Adult; Exploring Your Spirituality: Objects of Meaning and Memory; Websites; Recommended Reading; Chapter 3 • Values and Ethics With Older Adults; Empathy, Compassion, or Sympathy; Virtue Ethics; Religion and Ethics; Spiritual and Existentialist/Humanist Ethics; Nonviolence and Interreligious Harmony; Ethical Theory for Practice in Brief; Value Dimensions for Practice; Boundaries in Ethical Practice; End-of-Life Ethics; End-of-Life Case; Intergenerational Ethics; The Rights of Older Adults; Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging, 2002 and Beyond; Generosity, Spiritual Wealth, and Service; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Meditation: Changing of the Seasons; Exploring Your Spirituality: Spiritual-Ethical Will; Exploring Your Spirituality: Vision; Exploring Your Spirituality: Scent; Websites; Recommended Reading; Chapter 4 • Religion and Spirituality in Theory; Why Does Theory Matter?; Social Gerontology Perspectives and Theories; Theories of Individual Behavior; Developmental and Transpersonal Theorists; Humanism; Transpersonal Psychology; Theories of Positive Aging, Successful Aging, and Strengths; Theory Integration; Summary; Case Study: Letha Bainbridge; Questions for Discussion; Meditation: The Tree That Was Planted the Day You Were Born; Exploring Your Spirituality: Developing a Spiritual History; Exploring Your Spirituality: Defining a Peak Experience; Websites; Recommended Reading; Chapter 5 • Religion and Older Adults; Judaism; Christianity; American Indian Religion/Spirituality; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism; Confucianism; Daoism; Integration of Religious Philosophies and Aging; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Assignment: Framing the Landscape of Religious Ritual; Assignment: Sacred Spaces Exercise; Meditation: Present Moment Awareness; Exploring Your Spirituality: Rhythm and Movement; Exploring Your Spirituality: Pilgrimage; Websites; Recommended Reading; PART II • PRACTICE DIMENSIONS OF SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION IN AGING; Chapter 6 • Spirituality and Religion in Clinical Assessment; What’s Important About Religion and Assessment?; Mental Health Assessment; The Clinical Assessment Process With Spirituality; Clinical Assessment Protocols; Rapid Assessment Instrument Protocols; Spiritual Distress Assessment; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Meditation: Focused Attention; Exploring Your Spirituality: Discernment; Exploring Your Spirituality: Emotional Mindfulness; Exploring Your Spirituality: Composition of the Place; Website; Recommended Reading; Chapter 7 • Religious and Spiritual Interventions With Clients; Section 1: Philosophical Approaches to Therapy With Older People; Section 2: Mid-Range Interventions of Care; Section 3: Micro-Level Individual Spiritual Care Activities; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Meditation: Bringing Yourself Together; Exploring Your Spirituality: The Labyrinth; Exploring Your Spirituality: Building Intentional Spiritual Places; Websites; Recommended Reading; Chapter 8 • Spirituality, Religion, and Health; Definitions of Health; Aging and the Body: Failing Health; Historical Views on Religion and Health; From Holistic Historical Renderings to Modern Cultural Health Considerations; Suffering; Views of Health From Religious Perspectives; Research on the Intersections Between Religion and Health; Caregiving; Prayers, Rituals, and Symbols; Hope, Meaning/Purpose, and Mental Health; Summary; Case Study: Health and Spirituality; Questions for Discussion; Meditation: Taste; Exploring Your Spirituality: Touch; Exploring Your Spirituality: Taste and Savoring; Websites; Recommended Reading; Chapter 9 • Spirituality in Emotion, Depression, and Anxiety; Emotions and Their Meaning; Emotion and the Sacred; Indicators and Etiology of Depression; Depression Types; Depression as Cultural Marker; Epidemiology; Eudaimonia; Other Depression-Like States: Demoralization, Desolation and the Dark Night of the Soul, and Despair; Research Related to Depression and Religion; Interventions; Spiritual Interventions and Depression/Desolation; Anxiety; Anxiety Interventions; Summary; Case Study: Depression and Spirituality; Questions for Discussion; Meditation: Self-Compassion With Movement; Exploring Your Spirituality: Regret; Exploring Your Spirituality: Fighting Fear; Exploring Your Spirituality: Gratitude; Websites; Recommended Reading; Chapter 10 • Memory, Dementia, and Spiritual Care; Memory and Growing Older; Types of Dementia and Behavioral Indicators; Delirium, Depression, Thyroid, Vitamin Deficiencies, Alcoholism, and Other Temporary Causes of Dementia; Prevalence of Dementia; Disclosure of AD and Related Dementia: A Counseling Concern; Another Perspective on Dementia; Spirituality and the Self; Understanding Need-Driven, Dementia-Compromised Behavior; Literature Related to Spiritual Aspects of Dementia and Dementia Care Practice; Religious and Spiritual Practice Principles for the Person With Dementia; Arts-Based Interventions; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Meditation: Walking; Exploring Your Spirituality: Sound; Exploring Your Spirituality: Tonglen Practice to Increase Compassion; Websites; Recommended Reading: Information for Professionals; Recommended Reading: Memoirs on Dementia; Chapter 11 • Spirituality at the End of Life; The Nature of Dying; Spirituality at the End of Life: Historical Context; Older Adults in Hospice Care; Modern Palliative and Hospice Care; National Consensus Project Guidelines; A Spiritual Care Model; Spiritual Care at the End of Life: Spiritual Practices; Communication at the End of Life; Summary; Questions for Discussion; Assignment: Spirituality, Religion, and Loss; Meditation: Refreshing the Senses; Exploring Your Spirituality: Creating Your Own Obituary— An Opportunity for Reflection; Exploring Your Spirituality: Plan Your Memorial or Funeral Service; Exploring Your Spirituality: A Meeting With Death; Websites; Recommen
• Edition: 1st edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 204.40846; Aging -- Religious aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483315249
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