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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... carers and friends were uplifted. As one council carer wrote after his death As a carer it was a privilege to take care of Len, as a friend it was a blessing to have known such a gentle, kind and loving soul. He may never have uttered a ...
... carers and to be cut off from the local faith community can leave a big void in one's spiritual life. To provide a ministry to the disabled aged may be difficult when there appears to be little or no response. But because of something ...
... carers may be too busy to allow time to hear what the person is endeavouring to communicate. Perhaps even then fear gets in the way of really reaching out to these people. It may be easier to say, 'she doesn't know who I am' and so find ...
... carers and family to reach out to the person with dementia, to bestow dignity and personhood on them, rather than expecting the person with dementia to initiate the conversation, based on whether we think they 'know who we are'. Some so ...
... Carers: A Perspective from the Experience of L'Arche Eileen Glass Introduction In exploring the needs of older people with intellectual disabilities and the contribution they can make to the conversation about ageing, disability and ...
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 |