The Soul’s Legacy
A Program Designed to Help Prepare Senior Adults Cope With End-of-Life Existential Distress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22310580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fred Grewe (Providence College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-4726 • E-ISSN: 1528-6916 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08854726.2016.1194063 |
| PMID | 27322781 |
| OpenAlex | W2468447999 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Current innovative psychological therapies have made great progress in addressing existential suffering in dying patients but are often begun to late in the end-of-life process and often ignore religion, which for many is a major component in the meaning-making process. Therefore, this article explores how chaplains (who are familiar with various religious traditions without promoting them) can help prepare senior adults effectively cope with inevitable end-of-life existential issues. The project described in this article provides tools for chaplains to address the real issues that terrify us all, but particularly the elderly: death, isolation, and meaninglessness. It is proposed that the addition of a spiritual will or legacy of the soul added to end-of-life planning can help ameliorate existential suffering at life's end
Alternative medicine · Distress · End-of-life care · Epistemology · Existentialism · Meaning of life · Palliative care · Political science · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Soul · Spirituality · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |