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Caregiving in dementia — from resentment to forgiveness
Author(s)	Pilar Callaby, Peter G Coleman, Marie A Mills
Journal title	Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, vol 24, nos 1-2, 2012
Pages	pp 93-104
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Family care ; Attitude ; Family relationships ; Stress ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly].
Annotation	This article considers the spiritual challenge that caregiving in the extreme circumstances of dementia poses to the family. Caring for a person with dementia can inevitably put unreasonable demands upon the family carer and arouses many negative emotions, especially resentment. In this article the authors discuss how the Christian concept of the person is based upon relationship and that family relationships may need to be sustained from within the larger community as dementia increases in severity. Examples of recent individual and group focused initiatives piloted in Hampshire are presented that aim to help dementia caregivers in transcending their feelings of hurt. In particular the programme highlighted resentment as a critical factor in caregiver burnout, and the power of emotional healing through forgiveness. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-121016006 A
Classmark	EA: P6:SJ: DP: DS:SJ: QNH: EX
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