Spiritual Care: Recognizing Spiritual Needs of Older Adults

Mackinlay, Elizabeth

doi:10.1300/j496v18n02_05

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“…Utilising Reed's framework [27] , the interpersonal, transpersonal and intrapersonal spiritual engagement was elucidated. The spiritual manifestations were akin to those cited by MacKinlay [2] including religion (worship, prayer, and reading of scriptures), through the arts (music, art, and dance), through the environment (nature, gardens), and relationships (intimacy with others and God). Additionally, finding sources of hope, strength, comfort, meaning, peace, love and connection were means of manifesting spirituality [28] .…”

Section: Spiritual Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Spirituality has been defined in various ways including meaning-making, which has received wide support [1,2] . Currently, the conceptual understanding of spirituality has expanded to include connections amongst human beings, with nature and with their God [3,4] .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, this arrangement is now changing. With the acknowledgement of the centrality of spirituality in health and well-being, there is a move for other professional groups to engage in spiritual care [2] . The question is whether these professional groups are willing and ready to deal with spiritual matters.…”

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Motivations driving spiritual engagement based on a phenomenological study of spirituality amongst palliative care clients and caregivers

Penman

2012

JNEP

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Objective: The attention given to spirituality has dramatically increased, especially in contemporary western society, because of its significant link to good health and well-being. Spirituality has relevance for individuals with life-limiting conditions. It is heightened when individuals encounter this predicament. The purpose of this research was to determine the essence of the lived experience of spirituality and spiritual engagement from the perspective of palliative care clients and caregivers. One of the objectives was to understand the reasons why they engage in spiritual matters and this is the focus of the paper. Methods:A qualitative approach, based on van Manen's theoretical framework of hermeneutic phenomenology, was chosen for this research. This approach enabled human experience to be studied as it was lived and examined to the fullest breadth, depth and extent through a dynamic interplay of several research activities. In-depth interviews of four (4) palliative care clients and ten (10) caregivers from regional and rural Australia provided rich experiential discourse of what motivated them to engage in spiritual matters. Results:The driving force that motivated the study participants to engage in spirituality was the benefits they might derive in the process of spiritual engagement. The motivations for spiritual engagement could be categorised as intrinsic and/or extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation, defined as the innate propensity to engage one's interest in spirituality and satisfy spiritual needs, included "to have peace and acceptance", "to seek healing", "to be able to cope", and "to find positive meaning in illness and suffering". Extrinsic motivation, which comes from external influences and events that constitute the incentives and consequences to pursue spirituality, included "to communicate love and concern", "to better care for the loved one", "to build intimate relationships", and "to provide comfort to others". Once the drive or motivation arose, behavior was energised to engage in spiritual matters, reaping both self-serving and altruistic benefits.Conclusions: Spirituality provided many real and potential benefits for those who engaged in it. Simply put, it helped participants cope. It becomes imperative for nurses and other health professionals to pay attention to these phenomena. The implications of this study relate to clinical practice and the educational preparation of nurses and other health professionals involved in caring for people with life-limiting conditions.

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Section: Spiritual Engagementmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Motivations driving spiritual engagement based on a phenomenological study of spirituality amongst palliative care clients and caregivers

Penman

2012

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“…1 Without doubt, interest in this topic is growing as is demonstrated by the wealth of literature published especially in the last 15 years. Understandings of spirituality range from a search for greater meaning, personal discovery, and relationships to others, nature or a higher being.…”

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“…Understandings of spirituality range from a search for greater meaning, personal discovery, and relationships to others, nature or a higher being. 1 Without doubt, interest in this topic is growing as is demonstrated by the wealth of literature published especially in the last 15 years. This paper illustrates spiritual engagement from the perspective of palliative care clients and caregivers.…”

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The relational model of spiritual engagement depicted by palliative care clients and caregivers

Penman

Oliver

Harrington

2013

Int J of Nursing Practice

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This paper aims to explicate the essence of spiritual engagement from the perspective of palliative care clients and their caregivers. Van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological approach guided this study. In-depth interviews of 14 rural Australian participants with experience of a life-limiting condition provided rich discourse of the lived experience of spiritual engagement. This research highlights spiritual engagement represented in a relational model developed from a creative synthesis of the emerging themes. Spiritual engagement is associated with 'personal transformation', 'human values of love, compassion and altruism', 'maintaining relationships', 'participating in religious practices' and 'culture'. The findings of this research are supported by Mayes' observations on spirituality, that is, the 'pursuit of a trans-personal and trans-temporal reality that serves as the ontological ground for an ethic of compassion and service'.

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Palliative Care: Special Considerations for Older Adults with Cancer

Thompson

Chochinov

2009

Geriatric Oncology

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Spiritual Care: Recognizing Spiritual Needs of Older Adults

Cited by 25 publications

References 8 publications

Motivations driving spiritual engagement based on a phenomenological study of spirituality amongst palliative care clients and caregivers

Motivations driving spiritual engagement based on a phenomenological study of spirituality amongst palliative care clients and caregivers

The relational model of spiritual engagement depicted by palliative care clients and caregivers

Palliative Care: Special Considerations for Older Adults with Cancer

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