Irene Renzenbrink
Biographic Data
| ID | 4215032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irene Renzenbrink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irene |
| FAMILY NAME | Renzenbrink |
| SIGNATURE | RENZENBRINK I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Voices |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 11 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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Art Therapy, Healing and Spiritual Growth: A Reflective Essay
Art therapy and the expressive arts offer opportunities for dying and bereaved people to discover hidden resources and strengthen their creative capacity at a time when physical and emotional resources are at a very low ebb. Caregivers of the dying and bereaved can also benefit from an expressive arts approach in education, training and supervision. Creative transformation of difficult life experiences through art-making, music, narrative and poe…
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The Inhospitable Hospital
Personal illness narratives are used here to highlight deficiencies in hospital care and to challenge hospitals to become more hospitable and less like factories for treating illnesses. An alienating hospital environment where staff focus on technical tasks and functions can drive patients and family members into a state of deep isolation and disconnectedness just when they need compassion and understanding. It is also suggested that hospital sta…
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Fluttering on Fences: Reflections on Loss and Change
The Shadow Side of Hospice Care
The subject of this article is the dark or “shadow” side of working with dying and bereaved people in hospice and palliative care services, and the interplay of complex personal, professional, and organizational issues that can influence both the quality of patient care and the well-being of staff. Examples of how support needs have been identified and managed are drawn from the author's extensive experience as a social worker, educator, and cons…
Home is Where the Heart is: Relocation in Later Years
The story of a ninety-year-old man's experience of relocation to a new home and the author's role in assisting him is used here as a vehicle for the exploration of key issues affecting the well-being of older people due to injury, illness, and frailty. Particular emphasis is given to the importance of challenging ageist attitudes and derogatory labels, of validating the older person's reactions to loss and change and of adopting an empowerment ap…
‘In my heart he's still there’: Children's responses to the death of a grandparent
After the Shootings: Disaster Recovery in Melbourne, Australia
The mass shootings in Clifton Hill and Australia Post Headquarters within the space of four months in Melbourne, Australia in 1987 presented unique challenges for disaster recovery planners and workers. The violent and random nature of both incidents tested previously-held beliefs about disaster planning and the interventions required to mitigate the effects of trauma. While crisis intervention models provide useful conceptual frameworks, the Inc…
Home is Where the Heart is: Relocation in Later Years
The story of a ninety-year-old man's experience of relocation to a new home and the author's role in assisting him is used here as a vehicle for the exploration of key issues affecting the well-being of older people due to injury, illness, and frailty. Particular emphasis is given to the importance of challenging ageist attitudes and derogatory labels, of validating the older person's reactions to loss and change and of adopting an empowerment ap…
After the Shootings: Disaster Recovery in Melbourne, Australia
The mass shootings in Clifton Hill and Australia Post Headquarters within the space of four months in Melbourne, Australia in 1987 presented unique challenges for disaster recovery planners and workers. The violent and random nature of both incidents tested previously-held beliefs about disaster planning and the interventions required to mitigate the effects of trauma. While crisis intervention models provide useful conceptual frameworks, the Inc…
‘In my heart he's still there’: Children's responses to the death of a grandparent
Home is Where the Heart is: Relocation in Later Years
The story of a ninety-year-old man's experience of relocation to a new home and the author's role in assisting him is used here as a vehicle for the exploration of key issues affecting the well-being of older people due to injury, illness, and frailty. Particular emphasis is given to the importance of challenging ageist attitudes and derogatory labels, of validating the older person's reactions to loss and change and of adopting an empowerment ap…
The Shadow Side of Hospice Care
The subject of this article is the dark or “shadow” side of working with dying and bereaved people in hospice and palliative care services, and the interplay of complex personal, professional, and organizational issues that can influence both the quality of patient care and the well-being of staff. Examples of how support needs have been identified and managed are drawn from the author's extensive experience as a social worker, educator, and cons…
Voices
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Fluttering on Fences: Reflections on Loss and Change
Voices
Voices
Voices
The Inhospitable Hospital
Personal illness narratives are used here to highlight deficiencies in hospital care and to challenge hospitals to become more hospitable and less like factories for treating illnesses. An alienating hospital environment where staff focus on technical tasks and functions can drive patients and family members into a state of deep isolation and disconnectedness just when they need compassion and understanding. It is also suggested that hospital sta…
Art Therapy, Healing and Spiritual Growth: A Reflective Essay
Art therapy and the expressive arts offer opportunities for dying and bereaved people to discover hidden resources and strengthen their creative capacity at a time when physical and emotional resources are at a very low ebb. Caregivers of the dying and bereaved can also benefit from an expressive arts approach in education, training and supervision. Creative transformation of difficult life experiences through art-making, music, narrative and poe…
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Psychology (11 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art Therapy and Mental Health (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Law (2 works)