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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... accepting people with disabilities into holistic ministry of the church. This chapter could be termed a lament, as Newell honestly and openly shares his challenges within ministry and his experiences of disability and vulnerability ...
... acceptance and compassion, I became more patient and tolerant and all who visited our home – nurses, therapists, carers and friends were uplifted. As one council carer wrote after his death As a carer it was a privilege to take care of ...
... acceptance of people living with disabilities. I will write of intellectual disabilities that people have lived with all their lives, and of acquired disabilities of ageing that present challenges for older people. I will not be ...
... acceptance and love, but also interlaced with the struggles for understanding of each other. Communication is just one area where particular problems may emerge, complicating adequate understandings of both the parents and the adult ...
... accepting fewer speaking invitations now. One person working in the area of policy in ageing discounted Christine's witness by saying 'well she hasn't got Alzheimer's she's got fronto-temporal dementia, therefore she can't speak for ...
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 |