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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... dementia will feature in the majority of papers. In the literature, a number of types of dementia are described; the most commonly occurring is Alzheimer's disease, the second most common is vascular dementia and third, Lewy body dementia ...
... dementia in those aged 75 years and older 'is less straightforward than the simple disease paradigm suggests' (p.252). He suggests numbers of questions still exist regarding dementia in advanced old age. Hughes, Louw and Sabat (2006) go ...
... illness, there is no question that often the person-as-we-once-knew-them encounters radical changes. Iozzio, reflecting on her own family's experiences with her father, who had Alzheimer's disease, captures something of the deep loss ...
... dementia of [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 ...
... disease. Christine (Boden 1998; Bryden 2005) (see Chapter 11, pp.135–144) was first diagnosed as having early onset Alzheimer's ... Alzheimer's she's got fronto-temporal dementia, therefore she can't speak for people with Alzheimer's'. I ...
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 |