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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... asking whether it is 'better to be dead than disabled'. Apart from the obvious physical struggle Newell has encountered over many years of living with long-term disability, it is the lack of human compassion that seems to strike at him ...
... asked if it would be alright to tell other residents of an aged care facility that one of their friends in the facility had died. The question related to respecting the privacy of the person who had died. If fear drives the agenda, then ...
... asked. Who is the dementia sufferer? What is the experience of dementing really like? How can those who have a dementing illness be enabled to remain persons in the full sense? That they are experiencing subjects, with cognitions ...
... asked the lady, 'Are you afraid that you will forget God?' 'Yes, Yes!' she replied emphatically. The nurse was then able to say to her, 'You know even if you should forget God, He will not forget you. He has promised that.' For this ...
... asked how wounds can become the source of healing (Nouwen 1972). Answering this question takes us into the mystery of Christian discipleship and how it engages the strengths and limits of our creaturely existence in the world. 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 |