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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... struggle with the patterns of a lifetime, seeking to adjust to ageing together. The chapters of this book are arranged to present theological and ethical perspectives on the major themes of the book before introducing practice-related ...
... struggle Newell has encountered over many years of living with long-term disability, it is the lack of human compassion that seems to strike at him most severely. For him, hisbeingas a person, a priest and disabled is central to his ...
... struggles with his own ageing disabilities, being a priest and ministering within a church that seems to have at least some difficulties in accepting people with disabilities into holistic ministry of the church. This chapter could be ...
... struggle she finds that she is becoming more who she really is. Her faith has sustained her on a journey of 12 years now, from diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's. Her courage is evident in the work she has done, reaching out to people ...
... struggle to remember and hold on to the personhood of people with dementia and to provide models of care and support that reflect this? The. biology. of. dementia. When narrated from the perspective of biomedicine dementia is inevitably ...
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 |