Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of LifeJessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006 - 271 páginas Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of Life explores the spiritual dimension of ageing and investigates the role of pastoral and spiritual care in helping the frail elderly cope with end-of-life issues. Focusing on the experience of nursing home residents and anecdotes gathered in interviews, MacKinlay sensitively presents the struggles facing older people in need of care, such as loss of independence and privacy. Her findings show that despite ill health, loneliness and depression, older people near the end of their lives find meaning and support in (re)discovering their spirituality, and that this is not just the experience of those in care facilities, but of older people more generally. The book includes a useful chapter on spiritual assessment, providing carers with information on how to recognise the need for care. This book will be of interest to nurses, care workers, pastoral support professionals and anyone else working with older people. |
Índice
PREFACE
| 7 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| 10 |
1
The Spiritual Dimension
of Ageing and People
in Need of Care | 11 |
2
The Studies of Frail Older
People and Staff in Aged Care | 30 |
A Developmental Approach | 43 |
4
Meaning in Life and Frailty
in the Later Years | 56 |
5
Wisdom Final Meaning
the Spiritual Journey and Frail
Older People | 69 |
Provisional and FinalMeanings
in Frail Older People | 81 |
11
Living with Chronic Physical
Health Problems | 162 |
12
Relationship and Intimacy Needs
among Nursing Home Residents | 176 |
13
Grief Death Dying and
Spirituality in an Aged
Care Facility | 194 |
14
Ethical Issues in the Fourth
Age of Life | 213 |
15
The Model of Spiritual
Growth and Care in the Fourth
Age of Life | 229 |
ASSESSMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS LEVEL 1
| 246 |
ASSESSMENT OF SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF OLDER ADULTS LEVEL 2
| 248 |
GROUP TOPICS FOR PSIRITUAL REMINISCENCE
| 253 |
7
The Spiritual Journey and Mental
Health among Older Adults
in Need of Care | 96 |
Older People with
Memory Loss and Dementia | 109 |
Working in Multifaith and
Multicultural Societies | 129 |
10
Vulnerability
and Transcendence | 146 |
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| 265 | |
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Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of Life Elizabeth MacKinlay Vista previa restringida - 2006 |