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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... everyday rituals and examine ways of honouring rituals, especially at critical life points. CHAPTER 2 Remembering the Person: Theological Reflections on God, Personhood INTRODUCTION: AGEING, DISABILITY AND SPIRITUALITY / 21.
... God,. Personhood. and. Dementia. John. Swinton. Dementia is a difficult and painful condition. It is difficult and painful not simply because of the biological consequences of the deterioration of the brain and the relational consequences ...
... resonances of lives lived well. The longer I worked with people whose life experience included dementia, the more I realized that the act of forgetting may not THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON GOD, PERSONHOOD AND DEMENTIA / 23.
... God. Moving. on? Some twenty years later I found myself returning to that same ward, in a new role as a hospital chaplain. Much had changed. The attitudes and routines were considerably less rigid, more compassionate and thoughtful. At ...
... very tenuous position. As Stanley Rudman puts it, 'It is clear that the emphasis on rationality easily leads to diminished concern for certain human beings such THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON GOD, PERSONHOOD AND DEMENTIA / 25.
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 |