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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... pain. Perceptions. of. dementia. and. the. person. It is inevitable in a collection of papers such as these, on disability and ageing, that dementia will feature in the majority of papers. In the literature, a number of types of dementia ...
... painful condition. It is difficult and painful not simply because of the biological consequences of the deterioration of the brain and the relational consequences that this initiates, but also because experiencing such deterioration ...
... pain experienced by people whose loved ones face the outworking of this condition. While we may not want to argue that personhood is lost to the illness, there is no question that often the person-as-we-once-knew-them encounters radical ...
... pain it grabs our attention. The unity of body and spirit, or what came to be viewed in the postEnlightenment era as ... pains of advancing age. An understanding of ourselves as embodied persons is central to this chapter. It applies ...
... painful. COMING TO FINAL MEANINGS: IDENTITY THROUGH STORY Narrative provides us with the sense of our identity. This is basic to being human. For Christians, our story is interlaced with God's story and the story of our community of ...
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 |