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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At one level the system appeared to be beginning to see people with dementia as significant persons in need of care, love, recognition and sometimes protection. And yet, as I began to spend time with people with dementia and talk to ...
Indeed, to attempt to do so is a serious error which can have significant negative impact on people experiencing dementia. However, as Kitwood points out, 'this error is made repeatedly, and the findings of medical science are called in ...
A lifetime of friendships and their progressive loss in the later years are significant elements in the life journey of many elderly persons. Friendships enrich and enliven lives that are, at times, increasingly limited by diminished ...
It is certainly true that social factors play a significant role and add to the limits imposed on an individual by specific impairments. To enter further into debates presently under way in the area of disability studies would take us ...
Should significant inequalities exist then a case could well be made for preferential treatment. These issues are frequently played out when our duty as a civil society to provide appropriate care for ageing persons and persons with ...
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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 |