Aging, Disability, and Spirituality

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008 - 271 pages

This collection examines theological and ethical issues of ageing, disability and spirituality, with an emphasis on how ageing affects people who have mental health and developmental disabilities.

The book presents ways of moving towards more effective relationships between carers and older people with disabilities; ways in which to connect compassionately and beneficially with the person's spiritual dimension. The contributors highlight the importance of recognizing the personhood of all people regardless of age and of disability, whatever form it takes. They identify factors inherent in personhood and provide ways of affirming and promoting spiritual well-being for older people with disabilities.

Valuable reading for practitioners in aged care, healthcare, chaplaincy, social and pastoral care, and diversional therapists, this book will also be of interest to older people, their families and friends.

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Table des matières

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
7
PREFACE
9
Ageing Disability and Spirituality
11
Theological Reflections on God Personhood and Dementia
22
Chapter 3 Ethics Ageing and Disability
36
Disabilities Spirituality and Pastoral Responses
45
A Perspective from the Experience of LArche
57
A Narrative of Ageing Loss and Exclusion
72
Buddhist Perspectives for a Theology of Pastoral Care for the Ageing and Persons with Disabilities
145
The Interplay of Faith and Depression in Later Life
163
The Potential for Choir Work to Reduce Depression and Meet Spiritual Needs
182
Chapter 15 Humour and Its Link to Meaning and Spirituality in War
200
Chapter 16 Pastoral Rituals Ageing and New Paths into Meaning
217
The Possibilities for Wellbeing and Care
233
REFERENCES
240
CONTRIBUTORS
258

Ethical and Theological Issues for Dementia Care
81
Exploring Disability and Spirituality
94
Jacobs Wrestling with the Unknown Genesis 32
106
Addressing the Challenge of Dementia in Later Life
118
A Journey Inwards to a Spiritual Self
134

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Elizabeth MacKinlay, an Anglican priest, is Director of the Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies in Canberra, Australia, and Chair of the Australian Capital Territory Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing. She is Professor at the Charles Sturt University School of Theology. She won the 2006 Australasian Journal on Ageing (AJA) Book Award for Spiritual growth and care in the fourth age of life, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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