Dementia Palliative Care Needs Assessment: A Focus On Spiritual Care

Smith, Stephen

Abstract

Palliative and dementia care have a focus on holism and follow a person centred approach. Although these values could be described as core, they have arisen from differing perspectives of health and social care and as a result have different foci and approaches. This article describes a palliative care focus to assessing the needs of people with dementia and their carers, in particular their spiritual needs. People with dementia, carers and service providers participated in this assessment. The needs to know the individual, respect their beliefs, views and practices and adopt simple, practical approaches to spiritual care are highlighted.

Citation

Smith, S. (2005). Dementia Palliative Care Needs Assessment: A Focus On Spiritual Care. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 8(1), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v8i1.13

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2005
• Deposit Date: Aug 1, 2016
• Journal: Health and Social Care Chaplaincy
• Print ISSN: 2051-5553
• Electronic ISSN: 2051-5561
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 13-19
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v8i1.13
• Keywords: Palliative and dementia care, person centred care,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/321709