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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... disability. It includes physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, neurological and learning disabilities. It also includes physical disfigurement and the presence in the body of disease-causing organisms such as HIV. Current ...
... disabilities, and I have reflected further on my data and the experience of living with Down's and other intellectual disabilities. The conference on which this book is based was one outcome of those conversations and reflections. Back ...
... intellectual disabilities and their own ageing parents struggle with the patterns of a lifetime, seeking to adjust to ageing together. Ageing people with lifelong disabilities like Down syndrome and cerebral palsy have complex health ...
... disabilities and ask some questions, few of which draw immediate answers. These questions are related to issues of personhood, of relationship and acceptance of people living with disabilities. I will write of intellectual disabilities ...
... intellectual disabilities? Do our communities of faith affirm the worth and dignity of these people? Continuing community education is required to prevent stereotyping, to prevent repeatedly underestimating what the person is capable 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 |