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| Clergy perceptions of their preparation for counseling older adults | | Author(s) | Joseph G Pickard |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, vol 24, no 4, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 276-288 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Advisory services [elderly] ; Pastoral care ; Mental health [elderly] ; Ministers of religion ; Training [welfare work] ; Competence. |
| Annotation | This study used mental health literacy as a model for analysis in order to examine clergy members' perceptions of how prepared they felt to offer counselling services to older people. Logistic regression results indicated that more training specific to older adults and to mental illness, better relationships with mental health professionals and more knowledge of resources were associated with increased feelings of preparedness for counselling. Recommendations arising from the study included training to help increase clergy members' abilities to recognise issues needing referral, improvement of relationships between clergy and mental health professionals and increasing clergy knowledge of available resources. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121102233 A |
| Classmark | IT: OW: D: XR: QW: DPB |
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