Facilitating Spiritual Reminiscence for Older People With Dementia ─ A Learning Guide

MacKinlay and Trevitt offer a handbook for working with people with dementia around spiritual issues. The authors have organized the twelve chapters that make up their text in two parts devoted to learning about working with people who have dementia through story, spirituality, and spiritual reminiscence and the weekly sessions of spiritual reminiscence. Elizabeth MacKinlay is a registered nurse, Aglican priest, and a faculty member of Charles Sturt University, Australia. Corinne Trevitt is a registered nurse. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Elizabeth MacKinlay is a registered nurse and an Anglican priest. She was the inaugural Director of the Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies at St Mark's National Theological Centre, Canberra, and is a Professor in the School of Theology, Charles Sturt University. Elizabeth was Chair of the ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing ending her term in 2008 and the ACT Senior Australian of the Year for 2009.Corinne Trevitt is a registered nurse and Academic Associate at the Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies in the School of Theology, Charles Sturt University, Australia. Corinne has worked in Australia and the United Kingdom and has a background in nursing, research and teaching with an emphasis on issues of ageing. Corinne has published in the areas of spirituality for older adults with dementia and clinical teaching strategies.Elizabeth and Corinne are co-authors of Finding Meaning in the Experience of Dementia: The Place of Spiritual Reminiscence Work, also published by JKP.