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.
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.
