Serenity Spirituality Sessions: A Descriptive Qualitative Exploration of a Christian Resource Designed to Foster Spiritual Well-Being among Older People in Nursing Homes in Ireland
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Fiona Timmins, Suzanne Kelly, Mary Threadgold, Michael O Sullivan, and Bernadette Flanagan, Serenity Spirituality Sessions: A Descriptive Qualitative Exploration of a Christian Resource Designed to Foster Spiritual Well-Being among Older People in Nursing Homes in Ireland, Religions, 6, 2015, 299 316Download Item:
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This paper reports on a descriptive qualitative study that explored the value
and benefit of Serenity Spirituality Sessions programme for older nursing home residents.
The research was carried out in six nursing homes in the Republic of Ireland. The
facilitators of these sessions, who worked in the nursing homes, were interviewed about
their experiences of delivering the programme and their views on the impact that the
programme had on resident participants. Emergent themes revealed benefits of the
intervention for clients, including inducing a calming effect, increased sense of belonging
and benefits of ritual use. The programme yielded positive results, and appears suited to
the predominantly Christian population, and as such is deemed a useful adjunct to holistic
and spiritual care in these settings.
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