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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... value of people who have disabilities. These are the foci of this collection of essays based on issues of ageing, disability and spirituality. Contexts of disability, ageing and spirituality David Coulter, in his 11 Chapter 1 ...
... value is afforded to those who are physically or, even more particularly, mentally disabled. The topics in this book relating to ageing and disability mostly focus on dementia, depression, stroke, other mental health conditions, and ...
... Values of rationality, independence, and autonomous individuality lie against values of dependency, interdependency, and love. These ethical and theological perspectives are important starting points for this book and its overarching ...
... values that affirm community. Backing this is her discussion on the language used to describe dementia and those who ... value of older people and assisting them towards further growth in their spiritual lives. This becomes a means of ...
... value to those engaged in the choir work. Humour. and. spirituality. in. ageing. Moran (Chapter 15) explored the use of humour by older veterans in reminiscences of their time at war in the Second World War. She found less use of humour ...
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 |