| 1 |
Formation of humanistic-altruistic system of values |
Caregivers practice love and kindness. |
Caring trees.
Objective: definition of self-image as a caregiver of elderly people. |
| 2 |
Instillation of faith and hope. |
Caregivers describe their authenticity with their working tools. |
Working tools.
Objective: to identify objects related to the performance of care in the institution*. |
| 3 |
Cultivation of sensitivity to oneself and others. |
Caregivers try to cultivate care practices with self-consciousness for themselves and others. |
Workshop in care regarding bathing, feeding and changing diapers.
Objective: to identify the feelings which arise when taking care of others and being cared for. |
| 4 |
Development of a helping-trusting (human caring) relationship. |
Caregivers develop a helping-trusting relationship in transpersonal caring. |
Workshop on bed bath.
Objective: to reflect on diverse situations experienced in the institution that develop confidence between caregivers and the elderly. |
| 5 |
Promotion and acceptance of the expression of positive and negative feelings. |
Perception by caregivers of elderly people regarding positive and negative feelings. |
Flowers and feelings.
Objective: to reflect on positive and negative feelings involved in the care relationship with the institutionalized elderly. |
| 6 |
Systematic use of creative problem-solving in the caring process. |
Caregivers using creativity and knowledge to learn to be, how to do, how to understand, and how to interact. |
Ulcers: how to deal with them?
Objective: to identify different types of injuries in the elderly like pressure ulcers, and to describe caregivers’ actions concerning them. |
| 7 |
Promoting transpersonal teaching-learning. |
Engagement of caregivers in genuine teaching-learning experience that meet the needs of the institutionalized elderly. |
Dynamics of the matchstick and self-evaluation of the caregivers’ function.
Objective: to verify where the knowledge of caring for oneself and others comes from. |
| 8 |
Provision for a supportive, protective, and/or corrective mental, physical, sociocultural, and spiritual environment. |
Caregivers try to provide, with the available resources, a caring environment to the institutionalized elderly. |
Caring in a healing environment.
Objective: to reflect on ways that caregivers find ensure comfort and improvements in the environment. |
| 9 |
Assistance with gratification of human needs. |
Caregivers assist with basic needs with the intention of caring and honoring their oneness with the institutionalized elderly. |
Caring for oneself.
Objective: to reflect on the need for caring for oneself so as to be able to care for others. |
| 10 |
Allowance for existential-phenomenological-spiritual forces. |
Perceptions of caregivers of elderly people about the mysteries of life and death. |
Dynamics of the candle. Dynamics of the flower.
Objective: to describe perceptions of caregivers about life and death. |
