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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... fear. Fear is the opposite of love. Fear can be paralysing and shut people out, isolating them. We know this in other spheres in our current society, where people who are deemed to be different from us are excluded. This is a fear that ...
... fear of leprosy by embracing a leper. Is this a lesson from long ago that we can adopt in our care? When we meet the fearful situation or the person feared, can we reach out to the person instead of turning away? In moving toward the ...
... fear of going out of control that many older people living independently expressed in earlier studies (MacKinlay 2001b). This gives rise to the sense of vulnerability, as distinct from self-sufficiency. Each meeting with a health crisis ...
... fear of being found out. We know that from the moment of our birth we begin the journey towards ageing and death. We are grateful if we are accorded a long and fruitful journey, though we grieve the passage itself as it brings ...
... fear. Fear blinds and maims. It tortures and kills. It is the source of lies and destruction. It builds walls and prisons. It traumatizes children and sweeps adults into the pit of despair. And here I sit, in the relative, eerie calm of ...
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 |