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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... someone who has disabilities? How does spirituality assist people living with disabilities? What spiritual strengths can be drawn on by carers? This is not a book that will tell you how to provide physical care for older people who have ...
... someone hidden deep within their past. I felt as though I was drowning in a terrifying sea of babbling, dishevelled, 'crazy' people. I had never been on a ward before – any ward, never mind this! This was an initiation of fire. At first ...
... someone simply to be human. To be a person one needs to be able to have particular capacities and to carry out specific functions without which the morally protective label of 'person' cannot be ascribed. Of course, the attributes ...
... someone who appears to have been stripped of both, we need to be sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. We need to develop a faith that is based on the theological certainties highlighted in this chapter and ...
... someone who had a 60-year lifespan, though he died at the age of 66. At the end of his life he was blind and he was deaf and he was demented.' Michael's sister-in-law didn't agree that Michael was demented, but thought that he was ...
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 |