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Holy Communion in care homes: Helping people with dementia

Julia Burton-Jones, Anna Chaplaincy Training and Development Lead, shares suggestions for leading Communion services in care settings.

 

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Websites and downloadable resources

The Anna Chaplaincy blog has regular articles on spiritual care with people living with dementia: Blog | Anna Chaplaincy

Messy Vintage: taking Messy Church values and good practice to older people

Dementia-inclusive church guide | Livability ‘Travelling Together’

Support leading worship With older people | Methodist Homes (MHA)

Dementia and well-being | OutoftheBox Stories

Dementia resources | Pilgrims’ Friend Society

Dementia Friends programme | Alzheimer's Society

Music for Dementia

 

Books

Joanna Collicutt, Thinking of You: A resource for the spiritual care of people with dementia, BRF, 2017

Thinking of You: a resource for the spiritual care of people with deme – BRFonline

John Swinton, Dementia: Living in the Memories of God, SCM, 2017: Theological and practical responses to dementia.

 

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