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Author MacKinlay, Elizabeth, 1940-

Title Ageing, disability, and spirituality : addressing the challenge of disability in later life / edited by Elizabeth MacKinlay
Published London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

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Description 271 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: ageing, disability and spirituality / Elizabeth MacKinlay -- Remembering the person: theological reflections on God, personhood and dementia / John Swinton -- Ethics, ageing and disability / Laurence McNamara -- New and old challenges of ageing: disabilities, spirituality and pastoral responses / Elizabeth MacKinlay -- The particular needs of older people with intellectual disabilities and their carers: a perspective from the experience of L'Arche / Eileen Glass -- Better dead than disabled? when ethics and disability meet: a narrative of ageing, loss and exclusion / Christopher Newell -- Disabled or enabled: ethical and theological issues for dementia care / Rosalie Hudson -- On relationships not things: exploring disability and spirituality / Lorna Hallahan -- Scriptural reminiscence and narrative gerontology: Jacob's wrestling with the unknown (Genesis 32) / Matthew Anstey -- Tracing rainbows through the rain: addressing the challenge of dementia in later life / Malcolm Goldsmith -- Dementia: a journey inwards to a spiritual self / Christine Bryden and Elizabeth MacKinlay -- Bodhi, Karuna and Metta: Buddhist perspectives for a theology of pastoral care for the ageing and persons with disabilities / Ruwan Palapathwala -- "Who is God in the pit of ashes?" the interplay of faith and depression in older age / Dagmar Ceramidas -- Hearing the voice of the elderly: the potential for choir work to reduce depression and meet spiritual needs. a pilot study / Kirstin Robertson-Gillam -- Humour and its link to meaning and spirituality in war / Carmen Moran -- Pastoral rituals, ageing and new paths into meaning / Alan Niven -- Ageing, disability and spirituality: the possibilities for well-being and care / Elizabeth MacKinlay
Summary The contributors to this text examine the theological and ethical issues of ageing, disability and spirituality, with an emphasis on how ageing affects people who have mental health and developmental disabilities
Analysis Church work with older people
Church work with people with disabilities
Older people - Religious life
People with disabilities - Religious life
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Church work with older people.
Church work with people with disabilities.
Older people -- Religious life.
People with disabilities -- Religious life.
Disabled Persons -- psychology.
Spirituality.
Aged -- psychology.
Aging -- psychology.
Caregivers -- psychology.
Dementia.
Author MacKinlay, Elizabeth, 1940-
LC no. 2007035184
ISBN 1843105845
9781843105848 (pb : alk. paper)
Other Titles Aging, disability, and spirituality