Ageing, Disability and Spirituality
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Ageing, Disability and Spirituality

Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ageing, Disability and Spirituality

Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life

About this book

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.

The book presents ways of moving towards more effective relationships between carers and older people with disabilities; ways in which to connect compassionately and beneficially with the person's spiritual dimension. The contributors highlight the importance of recognizing the personhood of all people regardless of age and of disability, whatever form it takes. They identify factors inherent in personhood and provide ways of affirming and promoting spiritual well-being for older people with disabilities.

Valuable reading for practitioners in aged care, healthcare, chaplaincy, social and pastoral care, and diversional therapists, this book will also be of interest to older people, their families and friends.

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Information

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781843105848
eBook ISBN
9781846427671
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Geriatrics

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Coyrigtht
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1. Introduction: Ageing, Disability and Spirituality
  8. Chapter 2. Remembering the Person: Theological Reflections on God, Personhood and Dementia
  9. Chapter 3. Ethics, Ageing and Disability
  10. Chapter 4. New and Old Challenges of Ageing: Disabilities, Spirituality and Pastoral Responses
  11. Chapter 5. The Particular Needs of Older People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Carers: A Perspective from the Experience of L’Arche
  12. Chapter 6. Better Dead than Disabled? When Ethics and Disability Meet: A Narrative of Ageing, Loss and Exclusion
  13. Chapter 7. Disabled or Enabled: Ethical and Theological Issues for Dementia Care
  14. Chapter 8. On Relationships Not Things: Exploring Disability and Spirituality
  15. Chapter 9. Scriptural Reminiscence and Narrative Gerontology: Jacob’s Wrestling with the Unknown (Genesis 32)
  16. Chapter 10. Tracing Rainbows through the Rain: Addressing the Challenge of Dementia in Later Life
  17. Chapter 11. Dementia: A Journey Inwards to a Spiritual Self
  18. Chapter 12. Bodhi, Karunā and Mettā Buddhist Perspectives for a Theology of Pastoral Care for the Ageing and Persons with Disabilities
  19. Chapter 13. ‘Who is God in the Pit of Ashes?’ The Interplay of Faith and Depression in Later Life
  20. Chapter 14. Hearing the Voice of the Elderly: The Potential for Choir Work to Reduce Depression and Meet Spiritual Needs
  21. Chapter 15. Humour and Its Link to Meaning and Spirituality in War
  22. Chapter 16. Pastoral Rituals, Ageing and New Paths into Meaning
  23. Chapter 17. Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: The Possibilities for Well-being and Care
  24. References
  25. Contributors
  26. Subject Index
  27. Author Index
  28. Back Cover