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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... Elderly: The Potential for Choir Work to Reduce Depression and Meet Spiritual Needs 106 118 134 145 163 Kirstin Robertson-Gillam, Hammond Care Group, Australia 182 Chapter 15 Humour and Its Link to Meaning and Spirituality in War Carmen ...
... elderly people to know about their friends must be honoured. To deny the reality of life and death on the basis of 'privacy' is to move outside any compassionate understanding within society. It is a common human tendency to fear things ...
... elderly people, using choir work, scriptural reminiscence and multifaith perspectives of ageing and pastoral care. The chapter on ritual challenges carers to become more aware of their own everyday rituals and examine ways of honouring ...
... elderly man who had been incontinent. So, I and a nursing assistant took this gentleman into the open, public toilet to change him. As we wrestled with him to get his trousers off, the smell of faeces almost overpowering us, other ...
... elderly lady suffering from dementia , paced the corridors of the nursing home restlessly - repeating over and over , just one word . The staff were disconcerted , but no one seemed quite sure how to calm her and put her mind at rest ...
Table des matières
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A Narrative of Ageing Loss and Exclusion | 72 |
Buddhist Perspectives for a Theology of Pastoral Care for the Ageing and Persons with Disabilities | 145 |
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 |
Ethical and Theological Issues for Dementia Care | 81 |
Exploring Disability and Spirituality | 94 |
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 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 263 |
AUTHOR INDEX | 269 |
back cover | 273 |