Ageing, Disability and Spirituality Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life

Name: Ageing, Disability and Spirituality Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life
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ISBN: 9781843105848

ISBN-10: 1843105845

ISBN-13: 9781843105848

Edition: 2008

Authors: Elizabeth MacKinlay, Dagmar Ceramidas, Matthew Anstey, Christine Bryden, Malcolm Goldsmith

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Looking at the effects of disability on people in later life, this book focuses on how people with either life-long disabilities or the acquired disabilities of ageing may live spiritually meaningful lives.

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 2/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Elizabeth MacKinlay, an Anglican priest, is Director of the Centre for Aging and Pastoral Studies in Canberra, Australia, and Chair of the Australian Capital Territory Ministerial Advisory Council on Aging. She is Associate Professor at the Charles Sturt University School of Theology. She won the 2006 Australasian Journal on Aging (AJA) Book Award for Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of Life, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.



Acknowledgements


Preface



Introduction: Ageing, Disability and Spirituality




Remembering the Person: Theological Reflections on God, Personhood and Dementia




Ethics, Ageing and Disability




New and Old Challenges of Ageing: Disabilities, Spirituality and Pastoral Responses




The Particular Needs of Older People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Carers: A Perspective from the Experience of L'Arche




Better Dead than Disabled? When Ethics and Disability Meet: A Narrative of Ageing, Loss and Exclusion




Disabled or Enabled: Ethical and Theological Issues for Dementia Care




On Relationships Not Things: Exploring Disability and Spirituality




Scriptural Reminiscence and Narrative Gerontology: Jacob's Wrestling with the Unknown (Genesis 32)




Tracing Rainbows through the Rain: Addressing the Challenge of Dementia in Later Life




Dementia: A Journey Inwards to a Spiritual Self




Bodhi, Karuna and Metta: Buddhist Perspectives for a Theology of Pastoral Care for the Ageing and Persons with Disabilities




'Who is God in the Pit of Ashes?' The Interplay of Faith and Depression in Later Life




Hearing the Voice of the Elderly: The Potential for Choir Work to Reduce Depression and Meet Spiritual Needs




Humour and Its Link to Meaning and Spirituality in War




Pastoral Rituals, Ageing and New Paths into Meaning




Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: The Possibilities for Well-being and Care



References


Contributors


Subject Index


Author Index