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| Elderly patients' perceptions of their spiritual needs and care: a pilot study | | Author(s) | Linda A Ross |
| Journal title | Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol 26, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 710-715 |
| Keywords | Pastoral care ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; In-patients ; Needs [elderly] ; Nurses ; Pilot ; Edinburgh. |
| Annotation | According to the nursing literature, spiritual care is part of the nurse's role; but it is not clear what spiritual needs are, or how nurses are expected to give spiritual care. The pilot study described was designed to ascertain by interview the perceptions of spiritual needs and care of 10 patients from a care of the elderly assessment unit in a hospital in Edinburgh. Eight patients admitted to having experienced spiritual needs, six while in hospital. The types of needs experienced related to religion, meaning, love and belonging, morality, and death and dying. Their spiritual needs could have been better met if, for example, a quiet room for reflection/prayer had been available, and if they had been told about hospital church services, and provided with transport to attend. Although limited, the findings contribute to our understanding of spiritual need and spiritual care from the older in-patients' viewpoint. Further research, however, is needed to explore the type of spiritual help other older patients and other patient groups in different geographical locations feel they would like. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981118203 A |
| Classmark | OW: EX: LF7: IK: QTE: 4UC: 9SD * |
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