Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later LifeElizabeth MacKinlay Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 15. feb. 2008 - 272 sider 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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... cultural dimensions. Hughes et al. (2006, p.4) contend that 'because of the ways in which dementia is thought of, the diagnosis itself amplifies any disabilities that may result from the pathology'. In a book that links disabilities ...
... culture. Personhood is defined precisely by those aspects of experience that people with dementia lose as their condition progresses. From the outset then it is important to recognize that dementia is a cultural as well as a biomedical ...
... cultural assumptions relating to the criteria for meaningful personhood can be highly problematic for people with dementia. A key question thrown up by liberal society is whether the symptoms of dementia depersonalize the sufferer, that ...
... culture is liberal in its worldview, assumptions, and expectations. Liberalism emphasizes the importance of reason, rationality, independence and the capacity for self-advocacy. Authentic human living presupposes a level of thinking and ...
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Innhold
11 | |
22 | |
36 | |
Disabilities
Spirituality and Pastoral Responses | 45 |
A Perspective
from the Experience
of LArche | 57 |
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 |
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 |
269 | |
back cover | 273 |