People with Dementia and the Local Church
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CONTENTS


    PART ONE:  Setting the scene

  1. An opportunity offered and a challenge set

    PART TWO:  Towards an Understanding of Care for People with Dementia

  2. Getting our heads around dementia
  3. The experience of dementia
  4. Negative experiences of dementia
  5. Communication and dementia
  6. Family carers

    PART THREE:  The response of the local church

  7. Questions that are frequently asked
  8. Spirituality and dementia
  9. Don't talk of love - show me!
  10. Worship - problems and possibilities

    PART FOUR:  Theological Reflection

  11. Engage the mind, touch the heart, feed the soul
  12. Epilogue

    APPENDICES

    A    Form of service to be used on admittance to a nursing home

    B    A service for friends and family of people with dementia in residential care

    C    Model letter of agreement between a church and a nursing home




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