James W Ellor

Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care (eBook, PDF)

A Multi-National Perspective

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This multidisciplinary work re-examines issues of aging with dignity and spiritual meaning. Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care: A Multi-National Perspective addresses such issues as social and spiritual isolation, the wisdom of the aging, the need for intimacy, sexuality among older people, living with dementia, and the spiritual dimensions of caregiving. It also includes a study of the spiritual awareness of nurses working in six different nursing homes, as well as a model for a parish nursing practice that focuses on the aged.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136402524
• Artikelnr.: 39266434

Autorenporträt

James W Ellor

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Introduction
* Section 1. Ethical, Theological and Biblical Dimensions
* Ethics and Ageing in the 21st Century
* Beyond the Biomedical Paradigm: Generating a Spiritual Vision of
Ageing
* Outward Decay and Inward Renewal: A Biblical Perspective on Ageing
and the Image of God
* 'Wholeness, Dignity and the Ageing Self': A Conversation Between
Philosophy and Theology
* The Getting and Losing Wisdom
* Section 2. Issues of Ageing and Pastoral Care
* Ageing and Isolation: Is the Issue Social Isolation or Is It Lack of
Meaning of Life?
* Pastoral Support for Late-Life Sexuality
* Understanding the Ageing Process: A Developmental Perspective of the
Psychosocial and Spiritual Dimensions
* Through a Glass Darkly: A Dialogue Between Dementia and Faith
* When Words Are No Longer Necessary: The Gift of Ritual
* The Spiritual Dimension of Caring: Applying a Model for Spiritual
Tasks of Ageing
* The Challenges and Opportunities of Faith Community (Parish) Nursing
in an Ageing Society
* Epilogue
* Radical Discipleship for an Ageing Society
* Index
* Reference Notes Included