Staff’s and family members’ spiritual well-being in relation to help for residents with dementia

dc.creator	John Fisher
dc.date	2012-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:17:02Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:17:02Z
dc.identifier	10.5430/jnep.v2n4p77
dc.identifier	1925-4040
dc.identifier	1925-4059
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a17810cd53cb4a8998c21dc72cadaf38
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/26052
dc.description	<p class="a"><strong>Background:</strong> Spiritual well-being of providers and patients is paramount for holistic care in nursing. Spiritual well-being is reflected in relationships in four areas, namely with self, others, environment and/or Transcendent Other.</p> <p class="a"><strong>Method:</strong> Fisher’s 20-item Spiritual Health and Life-Orientation Measure (SHALOM) was used to assess these four key components of spiritual health. A survey was completed by staff and family members of residents in a dementia care unit, to record three responses on SHALOM, namely their ideals for spiritual health, their lived experiences, and what they thought residents need for spiritual nurture in these four areas. Demographic variables were investigated, with respect to any impact on respondents’ spiritual well-being.</p> <p class="a"><strong>Results:</strong> Variations were found in the staff’s and family members’ spiritual well-being based on age, religious group membership and activities, and whether or not the respondent was facing a spiritual challenge. However, regression analyses showed that these variables had no significant influence on the help that staff thought residents need to nurture their spiritual well-being. Regression analyses did show that staff’s ideals contributed greatest explanation of variance in terms of help staff believe is needed for spiritual nurture of residents. On the other hand, it was the lived experiences of family members that showed greatest influence on what help they thought residents needed. This was especially true for family members who had difficulty living up to their own ideals. Even though they based their judgements on different rationale, staff and family members agreed on the priorities to be set in nurturing residents’ spiritual well-being in a dementia care unit.</p> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Congruence was found between staff’s and family members’ perceptions of help needed to nurture residents’ spiritual well-being. This study, using the spiritual well-being questionnaire called SHALOM, revealed that staff acted professionally basing their judgment on ideals, whereas family members reflected their own lived experience, when determining what they thought was needed to help nurture residents’ spiritual well-being.<p><strong><br /></strong></p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Sciedu Press
dc.relation	http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/jnep/article/view/660
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4040
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1925-4059
dc.source	Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, Vol 2, Iss 4 (2012)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Staff’s and family members’ spiritual well-being in relation to help for residents with dementia
dc.type	article