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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... the major themes of the book before introducing practice-related issues. The authors include academics and practitioners with backgrounds in theology, ethics, nursing, social work, psychology, diversional therapy 9 PREFACE.
... nursing, social work, psychology, diversional therapy and occupational therapy. In Chapter 1, Elizabeth MacKinlay introduces the book with an overview of the issues of ageing, disability and spirituality that follow. The second chapter ...
... nurse ordered me to go and change an 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 ...
... nurse, tells the following story of her experience with a woman who has developing dementia. An elderly lady suffering from dementia,paced the corridors of the nursing home restlessly – repeating over and over, just one word. The staff ...
... 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 Len, as a friend it was a blessing to have known such a gentle, kind and loving soul. He may ...
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 |