Ageing, disability, and spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : addressing the challenge of disability in later life / / edited by Elizabeth MacKinlay

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453843603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008
• ISBN: 1-281-78197-5; 9786611781972; 1-84642-767-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MacKinlayElizabeth <1940->
• Disciplina: 362.6
• Soggetti: Older people - Religious life; Church work with older people; People with disabilities - Religious life; Church work with people with disabilities; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: front cover; Ageing, Disability and Spirituality: Addressing the Challenge of Disability in Later Life; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1 Introduction: Ageing, Disability and Spirituality; Chapter 2 Remembering the Person: Theological Reflections on God, Personhood and Dementia; Chapter 3 Ethics, Ageing and Disability; Chapter 4 New and Old Challenges of Ageing: Disabilities, Spirituality and Pastoral Responses; Chapter 5 The Particular Needs of Older People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Carers: A Perspective from the Experience of L'Arche; Chapter 6 Better Dead than Disabled? When Ethics and Disability Meet: A Narrative of Ageing, Loss and ExclusionChapter 7 Disabled or Enabled: Ethical and Theological Issues for Dementia Care; Chapter 8 On Relationships Not Things: Exploring Disability and Spirituality; Chapter 9 Scriptural Reminiscence and Narrative Gerontology: Jacob's Wrestling with the Unknown (Genesis 32); Chapter 10 Tracing Rainbows through the Rain: Addressing the
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 pers