Spiritual care in the dementia ward during a pandemic
BHT
- Cooreman-Guittin, Talitha ORCID Université de Fribourg
- 2024
Published in:
- Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. - Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2024
English
The Covid-19 pandemic and the repeated lockdowns have caused substantial spiritual and existential suffering, not the least for persons with dementia who may have had more difficulties than others in grasping the reality of what was going on. Therefore, it is important to address spirituality within this sector of the population when considering global health and ethics and technology in a pandemic outbreak. This contribution starts firstly with a definition of spirituality and spiritual care. Secondly, based on the works of Elizabeth MacKinlay and Laura Dewitte, the article demonstrates how spirituality can be nurtured in the dementia ward through “spiritual reminiscence.” Finally, I briefly reflect on how spiritual care in the dementia ward was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Faculty
- Faculté de théologie
- Department
- Département de Théologie pratique
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Religion, theology
- License
- CC BY
- Open access status
- hybrid
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1007/s11017-024-09666-2
- ISSN 1386-7415
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/328539
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