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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... Kitwood (1997) that sees persons with dementia, not the disease first. 'The significance and personhood of the ... Kitwood's construct one step further as he asks what the status is of the person who has no human relationships. His ...
... Kitwood. Whilst acknowledging the very real loss that people with dementia encounter, Kitwood presents an important counter-argument, suggesting that dementia should be reframed in terms of what people with dementia are and can do ...
... Kitwood here indicates the tensions between the natural and the social history of dementia and the negative consequences that occur when either one is given priority over the other. Due to the power of the medical interpretation of ...
... Kitwood points out that the actual functioning of all people is considerably lower than their potential functioning ... Kitwood's hypothesis is correct, there is no necessary correlation between level one and level three. We cannot ...
... Kitwood's position is for current purposes, it is not without its problems, primary amongst them being the lack of the transcendent in his understanding of relationality. If personhood is determined by human relationships-in-community ...
Table des matières
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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 |