scholarly journals ’n Pastoraatsperspektief op dreigende werksverlies

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roelf Schoeman ◽  
Yolanda Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Employment Insecurity ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Employment Situation ◽  
Counselling Process ◽  
Pastoral Support ◽  
Therapeutic Model

A pastoral perspective on the threatening loss of employment The changing employment situation in South Africa is currently characterized by the various challenges it poses to individuals in the workplace, such as affirmative action, voluntary severance packages and discharges. Discharges are often associated with employment insecurity and the threatening loss of employment. A psychological approach to the threatening loss of employment is on its own inadequate. The aim of this article is to investigate the possibilities of a holistic approach as part of pastoral support to persons experiencing the threat of losing their employment. It aims to argue that pastoral care can benefit from a multi- disciplinary approach to the threatening loss of employment. However, pastoral care needs guidelines to facilitate its relationship with psychology and to assist in dealing with faith in the counselling process. This article makes use of Gerkin’s model for pastoral care in order to provide some guidelines for pastoral care for individuals who are experiencing a protracted threat of loss of employment. Gerkin’s model will be brought into dialogue with a cognitive behavioural therapeutic model.

scholarly journals A pastoral psychological approach to domestic violence in South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petronella J. Davies ◽  
Yolanda Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
Male Control ◽  
Delicate Balance ◽  
Pastoral Counselling ◽  
Colonial Oppression

South Africa suffers a scourge of domestic violence. Colonial oppression upset the delicate balance between ‘discipline’ and ‘protection’ in traditional cultures. The full consequence of a patriarchal mindset of male control is unleashed on girls and women. The aim of this article is to investigate how the cycle of domestic violence can be broken and what role pastoral counsellors can play with regard to both victims and offenders in order to prevent history from repeating itself. The article also investigates the extent to which legislation has succeeded in protecting individuals. Pastoral care and counselling comprise both spiritual and emotional support. The combination of two counselling methods compatible with religious themes such as ‘hope’ and ‘new life’, namely logotherapy (Victor Frankl) and narrative pastoral counselling, is presented as an effective response to domestic violence.

scholarly journals Zanjabeel (Zingiber offcinale) Transformation of Culinary Spice to a multi-functional Medicine

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4-s) ◽  
pp. 721-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fouzia Bashir ◽  
Zeba Afrin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Herbal Product ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Zingiber Officinale ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Therapeutic Uses ◽  
Ancient Times

The various traditional systems such as Unani, Ayurveda and Siddha use several plant species to treat different ailments. The Unani (Greco-Arab) system of medicine has been practiced since ancient times for the treatment of range of diseases. Traditional medicine usually takes a “holistic” approach where the physical, spiritual (which includes mental), and most often social well-being of an individual are treated. Thus, the medicinal value of an herbal product may be intimately related to its nutritional and psychological aspects. It is estimated that between 70% and 95% of citizens in a majority of developing countries use traditional medicine for the management of health and as primary health care to address their health-care needs and concerns. Medicinal plants play an important role in the development of potent therapeutic agents. Zanjabeel (Zingiber officinale) is a very famous herbal drug which is widely used in world as spice as well as drug in traditional medicine. This article aims at reviewing the Zanjabeel on the basis of description in Unani system of medicine, its Pharmacological actions and therapeutic uses and to discuss scientific studies. Keywords: Zanjabeel, Unani, Pharmacological actions, therapeutic uses.

Professional Identification

2013 ◽  
pp. 161-166
Author(s):  
Christine Maguth Nezu ◽  
Christopher R. Martell ◽  
Arthur M. Nezu
Keyword(s):  
Peer Interaction ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Professional Identification ◽  
The Past ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural

Chapter 12 provides a bridge between the specialty’s early years and its current practice, and the evolution of cognitive behavioural psychology as a specialty over the past 75 years. It focuses on a shift from a mechanistic to more holistic approach, and offers suggestions for participation in various organizations and activities that contribute to the experience of maintaining competence through life-long learning and peer interaction.

scholarly journals Dimensions of Pastoral Care: Student Wellbeing in Rural Catholic Schools

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Ollerenshaw ◽  
John McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Catholic Schools ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Primary Health

This paper investigates the health and welfare needs of students (n = 15,806) and the current service model in Catholic schools in the Ballarat Diocese of Victoria, Australia. Catholic schools use a service model underpinned by an ethos of pastoral care; there is a strong tradition of self-reliance within the Catholic education system for meeting students' health and welfare needs. The central research questions are: What are the emerging health and welfare needs of students? How does pastoral care shape the service model to meet these needs? What model/s might better meet students? primary health care needs? The research methods involved analysis of (1) extant databases of expressed service needs including referrals (n = 1,248) to Student Services over the last 2.5 years, (2) trends in the additional funding support such as special needs funding for students and the Education Maintenance Allowance for families, and (3) semi-structured individual and group interviews with 98 Diocesan and school staff responsible for meeting students' health and welfare needs. Analysis of expressed service needs revealed a marked increase in service demand, and in the complexity and severity of students' needs. Thematic analysis of qualitative interview data revealed five pressing issues: the health and welfare needs of students; stressors in the school community; rural isolation; role boundaries and individualised interventions; and self-reliant networks of care. Explanations for many of these problems can be located in wider social and economic forces impacting upon the church and rural communities. It was concluded that the pastoral care model - as it is currently configured - is not equipped to meet the escalating primary health care needs of students in rural areas. This paper considers the implications for enhanced primary health care in both rural communities and in schools.

Met and unmet care needs of older people with dementia living at home: Personal and informal carers’ perspectives

Dementia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1963-1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Mazurek ◽  
Dorota Szcześniak ◽  
Katarzyna Urbańska ◽  
Rose-Marie Dröes ◽  
Joanna Rymaszewska
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Multidisciplinary Treatment ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
The People ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Moderate Dementia ◽  
Informal Carers ◽  
At Home

In Poland, there are few reports of the holistic approach to caring for older people with dementia. The aim of this study was to assess the needs of people with dementia living at home. This was done by evaluating the perspective of people with dementia themselves and that of their carers. The study included 47 people diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia and 41 informal carers, all living in Wroclaw in Poland, involved in the MeetingDem project. The needs were assessed using the CANE. Other scales used were: the MMSE, the GDS and the QOL-AD. The carers reported significantly more needs, both met and unmet, than the people with dementia themselves. The most frequent reported unmet needs both by the people with dementia and their carers included activities of daily living, psychological distress and the need for company. Based on this study’s findings, tailored multidisciplinary treatment, adjusted to their needs and wishes, can be offered thus creating integrated and individualised support.

scholarly journals Family Physicians’ Perspectives on Their Role in Palliative Care: A Double Focus Group in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7282
Author(s):  
Carlos Seiça Cardoso ◽  
Filipe Prazeres ◽  
Beatriz Xavier ◽  
Bárbara Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Organizational Barriers ◽  
Palliative Care Needs

Background: Aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the provision of palliative care for patients with palliative care needs emerges as a necessity more than ever. Most are managed in primary care by their family physicians (FP). This study aimed to understand the perspectives of specialist and trainee FPs about their role in palliative care. Methods: we conducted a double focus-group study consisting of two separate online focus-groups, one with FP specialists (n = 9) and one with FP trainees (n = 10). Results: FPs already gather two fundamental skills for the provision of palliative care: the capacity to identify patients’ needs beyond physical symptoms and the recognition that the patient belongs to a familiar, psychosocial, and even spiritual environment. They perceive their role in palliative care to be four-fold: early identification of patients with palliative care needs, initial treatment, symptom management, and patient advocacy. Participants recognized the need for palliative care training and provided suggestions for training programs. Conclusion: FPs share a holistic approach and identify multiple roles they can play in palliative care, from screening to care and advocacy. Organizational barriers must be addressed. Short training programs that combine theory, practice, and experiential learning may further the potential for FPs to contribute to palliative care.

scholarly journals Unmet needs among Danish women with breast cancer in the transition from diagnosis into the early treatment phase

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mikael Birkelund Jensen-Johansen ◽  
Jette Henriksen ◽  
Ingrid Villadsen Kristensen ◽  
Anette Meldgaard ◽  
Trish Livingston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Early Treatment ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Treatment Phase ◽  
Social Constraints ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Baseline Questionnaire ◽  
Employment Situation

This study investigates the supportive needs of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the early treatment phase. The aim of this study was to identify unmet supportive care needs in the early treatment phase of women treated for breast cancer. This study employed a quantitative longitudinal design with baseline questionnaire (Time 1) and a six-month follow-up questionnaire (Time 2) that explored a variety of characteristics using both standardized scales and more explorative questions about employment situation, needs, rehabilitation, psychological, physical and social experiences. Eighty-five percent of the invited potential women agreed to participate, and 100 participants completed the baseline questionnaire. The analysis identified results concerning employment situation, depressive symptoms, unmet needs, distress, sexual life, social constraints and cancer-related quality of life. The study concludes that health professionals must embrace the challenges faced by the women and provide strategies to support women achieving meaningful lives.

scholarly journals A holistic approach to pastoral care and poverty

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan Janse van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Pastoral Theology ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Clear Distinction ◽  
Poor People ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Church

The previous approaches to pastoral care are no longer adequate or effective for addressing the many issues related to poverty. The church has done wonderful work in terms of Christian charity. However, more needs to be done to improve the worsening situation of the poor significantly. The clear distinction between pastoral care and Christian charity is a luxury that is no longer affordable. Once we have a holistic understanding of pastoral care and counselling, we will find that we cannot possibly restrict our pastoral attention to encouraging the poor, to giving random advice and to praying. A holistic pastoral theology could lead to empowerment and should be a key concept in pastoral care with poor people and societies. The article offers a theological theory for a holistic approach and some implications of the praxis of counselling.

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