RT Article
T1 “Soul Care” for people with dementia: Insights from Friedrich von Hügel's “three Elements of Religion”
JF Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
VO 28
IS 3
SP 155
OP 166
A1 Wrigley-Carr, Robyn Louise
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1583859098
AB In this article, Baron Friedrich von Hügel's “three Elements of Religion” are provided as a schema for exploring attentive, individualised “soul care” for people with dementia. This article argues that the best way to respond to the diminution of the “Intellectual Element” for people with dementia is to explicitly increase the attention and nurture we give to the other two Elements—the “Mystical” and the “Institutional Elements.” It is argued that people with dementia still experience God, often in ways we cannot observe or understand, and that the stimulation of the senses may help in the provision of attentive “soul care.” The place of religious rituals and music therapy in attentive “soul care” is also discussed.
K1 Aged care
K1 Dementia
K1 Music therapy
K1 Soul Care
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1080/15528030.2015.1092489