Reporting spiritual needs of older adults living in Bavarian residential and nursing homes

We intended to study unaddressed psychosocial and spiritual needs among older people (of at least 65 years of age) living in nine residential/nursing homes in Bavaria in Southern Germany. We conducted an anonymous cross-sectional study with standardised questionnaires (i.e., Spiritual Needs Questionnaire, Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale, Schedule for Meaning in Life Evaluation, etc.). Religious needs were predicted best by residents’ religious trust. Existential needs and inner peace needs correlated moderately with grief, and were predicted best by family/social support needs. All members of an interdisciplinary team should be trained in the specific competence of recognising older people's unmet spiritual needs. When these needs are recognised, caregivers and relatives have the chance to react.     

Kriminogene Entwicklungsrisiken von Jugendlichen mit Zuwanderungsgeschichte und M?glichkeiten der Pr?vention und Intervention

The higher rates of violence in the group of juveniles with a migrational background play a prominent role for criminology as well as for pedagogical and social practice in Germany. The following article gives an insight into some environmental and personal risk factors of this group, which could be responsible for their higher susceptibility to violence and delinquency. In the next step some conceptual questions of prevention and intervention are identified and illustrated with existing practical examples. Finally, the author makes some suggestions for further ways of violence prevention and analyzes the efficacy and ways of optimizing the existing programs for young migrants and their families.