Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later LifeThis 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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Each of the five conferences hosted by CAPS so far has focused on a different aspect of ageing and spirituality; this conference focused on disability. Disability in later life arises from two different perspectives: lifelong ...
Ceramidas reports in Chapter 13 on some aspects of her doctoral study into the relationship between depression and Christian faith in later life. Depression is yet another disability that leads to reduced quality of life for older ...
In this chapter I want to explore some aspects of this complex cultural milieu and how it impacts upon the ways in which people with dementia are perceived, understood and treated. In so doing I will challenge conventional ...
For current purposes it will be helpful to draw attention to two aspects of Singer's definition: 1. its liberal assumptions 2. its emphasis on function as definitive of personhood. According to this understanding, human beings do not ...
... contributes to the cultural, economic, political and social life of the civil community to which he (or she) belongs. (Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace 2005, n.189) The right to participate in all aspects of the life of a ...
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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 |