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 to become more aware of their own 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 ...
... carers, it was clear that the ways in which services were set up, the lack of time that professional carers had to spend with people, the shortage of staff and the general expectation of the institution meant that it was still very easy ...
... carers. The dementia sufferers themselves are not; rather, they are defined out of the world of persons, even to the extent of it being claimed, almost literally, that those in the later stages are already dead. (Kitwood 1995, p.153) ...
... carer, be they professional or lay. To recognize people as fully human when they have forgotten who they are, who you are and to whom they ultimately belong, requires more than psychological reframing; it requires an act of faith. The ...
... carers and co-workers of people with disabilities. Facts. regarding. disability. in. Australia. During the last twenty years the proportion of persons living with a disability has reached 17.1 per cent of the Australian population, a total ...
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 |