Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later LifeElizabeth MacKinlay Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 15 févr. 2008 - 272 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. |
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... Alzheimer's disease, the second most common is vascular dementia and third, Lewy body dementia (Woods 2005). It is also possible that more than one type of dementia can be present in the one person. Two views of dementia currently ...
... disease process. Woods (2005) states that it is increasingly clear from epidemiological studies where post-mortem ... Alzheimer's. Her courage is evident in the work she has done, reaching out to people in different parts of the world ...
... Alzheimer's disease, captures something of the deep loss that accompanies dementia for all concerned: Lovers, once intimately attuned to each other's rhythms, find themselves negotiating life's blessings and curses with a stranger ...
... [Alzheimer's disease] causes him to not know us we are to know him. And even as he barely resembles the man he used to be – commanding, decisive, large – he is still husband, father, brother-in-law, and uncle to us. Fidelity asks this ...
... disease and maybe the person as they become labelled as the disease. Christine (Boden 1998; Bryden 2005) (see Chapter 11, pp.135–144) was first diagnosed as having early onset Alzheimer's in the mid 1990s. Later this diagnosis was ...
Table des matières
11 | |
22 | |
36 | |
45 | |
57 | |
A Narrative of Ageing
Loss and Exclusion | 72 |
Ethical
and Theological Issues for
Dementia Care | 81 |
Exploring Disability
and Spirituality | 94 |
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 |
SUBJECT INDEX
| 263 |
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 |
Buddhist Perspectives for a
Theology of Pastoral Care
for the Ageing and Persons
with Disabilities | 145 |
AUTHOR INDEX
| 269 |
back cover | 273 |