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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The disabilities of ageing challenge the model of successful ageing proposed by Rowe and Kahn (1997), defined as 'low probability of disease and disease-related disability, high cognitive and physical functional capacity, ...
people because of who they are, not what they can do, based on the work of Kitwood (1997) that sees persons with dementia, not the disease first. 'The significance and personhood of the person with dementia is safeguarded and sustained ...
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 (Woods 2005). It is also possible that more ...
The second view prefers to see dementia as more commonly associated with ageing, and questions that it is always a disease process. Woods (2005) states that it is increasingly clear from epidemiological studies where post-mortem ...
... and care when contrasted with those who have dementia. Questions of time arise for those who care: 'How long?' Goldsmith writes of dementia as being a time of waiting through the long progress of the disease and adopting attitudes ...
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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 |