scholarly journals My Faith Gives Me Strength: Black Churches Supporting Dementia Care Partners

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 518-518
Author(s):  
Danetta Sloan ◽  
Valerie Cotter ◽  
Quincy Samus ◽  
Morgan Spliedt ◽  
Samuel Means ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Black Churches ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
The Church

Abstract Inequities in dementia care require an in depth understanding of dementia care partner life experiences, care needs, sources of support and ways to improve those experiences at the community level. In partnership with Black Churches in Baltimore, MD and rural Pennsylvania, we facilitated three focus groups (n=30) with Black dementia care partners to understand: 1) unique dementia care-related needs and challenges, and 2) how the church can be a supportive care partner. Participants noted three overarching themes related to challenges and needs: 1) unique challenges in caregiving - assuming various roles to provide comprehensive care, working within policies of support services, environmental challenges (neighborhood safety), and family conflicts; 2) lack of dementia education and educational materials; and 3) unmet needs of the care recipient – lack of dementia friendly neighborhoods, lack of meaningful activities, and undiagnosed dementia. Regarding the supportive role of the church, the theme of perceived role of the church included providing emotional and social support for care partners and recipients, reducing burden through providing respite, support groups, networking/ connections to resources, and promoting health events.

scholarly journals Online peer support groups for family caregivers: are they reaching the caregivers with the greatest needs?

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1130-1136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther M Friedman ◽  
Thomas E Trail ◽  
Christine Anne Vaughan ◽  
Terri Tanielian
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Online Support ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Logistic Regression Models

Abstract Background Online peer support groups are an increasingly common venue for caregivers supporting disabled family members to exchange informational, emotional, and instrumental support. We know very little, however, about who uses these groups and whether they are reaching those with the greatest needs. Objective To examine whether caregiving factors (ie, caregiving demands and strain, competing demands, access to support and services, and other caregiving characteristics) are related to online community support use and intensity of use. Method This study used data from a new survey of family caregivers who provide care to disabled military veterans. We used logistic regression models to examine the likelihood of online community support group usage and intensity of use as a function of a variety of caregiving factors. Results Those with greater caregiving demands were more likely to use online peer support. Specifically, helping the care recipient with more activities was associated with a statistically significantly greater likelihood of visiting an online community support group. Caring for a veteran with a neurological or psychological condition, which, in prior work, suggests more complex care needs, was also positively and significantly related to visiting an online community support group. Hours of care and several other caregiving factors were related to intensity of use. Conclusions We show that family caregivers with the most caregiving demands are most engaged with online support communities. This suggests that online communities could be used to support the most vulnerable family caregivers. The implications of this work for online support systems are discussed.

China

2019 ◽  
pp. 29-32
Author(s):  
Huali Wang ◽  
Hengge Xie
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Caregiver Support ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Dementia Screening ◽  
Dementia Prevention ◽  
Memory Clinics

With an ageing population, dementia care has become a great challenge in China. This chapter reviews the current major resources in dementia care in China. Memory clinics are the primary setting for diagnosis and management. Caregiver support groups and social media provide mainstream support to caregivers. This chapter also highlights the role of the community in dementia care. Community services are essential to health education, dementia screening, and home care support. In addition, the chapter discusses the role of collaborative research networks and point out that both research on services and dementia prevention are important. The chapter concludes by calling for action to address the priorities of dementia care.

Painting the Gospel Blues

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kymberly N. Pinder
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gospel Music ◽  
Black Churches ◽  
Baptist Church ◽  
Black Empowerment ◽  
The Church ◽  
Underlying Theme

This chapter examines William E. Scott's murals at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago, including his 1936 Life of Christ series. Originally a synagogue designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler in 1891, Pilgrim became the home of one the country's most politically influential black churches when sold to the congregation in 1920. In the 1930s Thomas A. Dorsey introduced blues singing into regular church services, making Baptist the birthplace of gospel music and one of the first megachurches in the United States. The chapter considers the support provided by Junius C. Austin, a prominent advocate of social change and black empowerment, to Scott's goals to create images that promoted black pride through a very conventional, representational painting style at Pilgrim Baptist Church. It also discusses the role of Scott and Dorsey in creating a visually and sonically inclusive atmosphere at the church. Finally, it highlights rebirth or resurrection, politically and socially, as the underlying theme of much of the rhetoric about the future of African Americans during the period.

The ‘African National Church’: Self-Determination and Political Struggle Among Black Christians in South Africa to 1948

1991 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Gregor Cobley
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Black Churches ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Dialectical Process ◽  
Black Christians ◽  
The Church

The first generations of black Christians in Southern Africa went through a painful process of critical examination and experiment as they struggled to assimilate new economic, social, and religious values. These values were presented to them mainly by white missionaries and were based largely on European models. It was as part of this dialectical process that an independent black churches movement—quickly labeled by friends and foes the “Ethiopian Movement”—had emerged at the end of the nineteenth century. The independent black churches spread and multiplied rapidly in South Africa. By 1919 there were seventy-six recognized sects; however, there were many more which were not officially recognized. A black newspaper reported in 1921 that there were “at least one thousand natives within the municipal boundary of Johannesburg who call themselves ministers, but who are unattached to any recognised chuch, and who live on the offerings of their respective flocks.” Although many members of these churches were active politically, the most pervasive influence of the movement was on the ideology of African nationalism, as the role of the church became a recurring theme in debates on the development of an African national identity.

Socially Assistive Robots for Dementia Care: Exploring Caregiver Perceptions of Use Cases and Acceptance

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
Xian Wu ◽  
Anne E. Adams ◽  
Jane C. Komsky ◽  
Sarah E. Saint ◽  
Taylor E. Mackin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Assistive Robots ◽  
Socially Assistive Robots ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
The Social ◽  
Willingness To Adopt

As the older population increases, the number of persons living with dementia (PWD) will increase as well. Yet, at the same time, there are fewer health care professionals per care recipient. To address the rising demand on healthcare professionals and informal care partners of PWD, socially assistive robots (SARs) can potentially facilitate care provision. It is crucial to understand the divergent tasks of these two caregiver groups so that the SAR’s intervention can meet each group’s needs. This qualitative study investigated and compared both caregiver groups’ acceptance of a SAR. Six use cases involving a SAR (NAO, SoftBank) were demonstrated to both caregiver groups (N=20 persons). Both groups expressed willingness to adopt such technology and found that it could be useful in dementia care. However, participants’ perceptions varied by task. Results indicate that healthcare professionals focused more on the assistive aspects, whereas care partners focused more on the social aspects of the SAR.

scholarly journals Role of cholinesterase inhibitors in dementia care needs rethinking

BMJ ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 333 (7566) ◽  
pp. 491-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J Pelosi ◽  
Seamus V McNulty ◽  
Graham A Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Cholinesterase Inhibitors ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Care Needs

Daily Routine, Food and Faith. To Yu.F. Samarin’s Thesis on “Formalism” of the Church Life in the Pre-Petrine Period

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 268-279
Author(s):  
Abbot Vitaly Utkin
Keyword(s):  
Daily Routine ◽  
Eating Patterns ◽  
Political Aspect ◽  
Old Believers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Church Life ◽  
The Church

With reference to Yu. F. Samarin’s thesis on “Formalism” of the Church Life in the Pre-Petrine Period, the article examines the issue of the role of fasts, eating patterns and daily routine in general among most radical groups of Old Believers. The author of the article draws the conclusion that such conceptions were rooted in the Pre-Nikon Russian religious (monkish) traditions. The author pays special attention to the social and political aspect of the connection between food and payer for the Tsar in the context of the “spiritual Antichrist” teaching.

The Prophetic Voice of the Church in a Democratic South Africa – A Theological Reflection

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lufuluvhi Maria Mudimeli
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The State ◽  
Black Liberation ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Black Liberation Theology ◽  
Prophetic Voice ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Church

This article is a reflection on the role and contribution of the church in a democratic South Africa. The involvement of the church in the struggle against apartheid is revisited briefly. The church has played a pivotal and prominent role in bringing about democracy by being a prophetic voice that could not be silenced even in the face of death. It is in this time of democracy when real transformation is needed to take its course in a realistic way, where the presence of the church has probably been latent and where it has assumed an observer status. A look is taken at the dilemmas facing the church. The church should not be bound and taken captive by any form of loyalty to any political organisation at the expense of the poor and the voiceless. A need for cooperation and partnership between the church and the state is crucial at this time. This paper strives to address the role of the church as a prophetic voice in a democratic South Africa. Radical economic transformation, inequality, corruption, and moral decadence—all these challenges hold the potential to thwart our young democracy and its ideals. Black liberation theology concepts are employed to explore how the church can become prophetically relevant in democracy. Suggestions are made about how the church and the state can best form partnerships. In avoiding taking only a critical stance, the church could fulfil its mandate “in season and out of season” and continue to be a prophetic voice on behalf of ordinary South Africans.

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