Spiritual growth and care in the fourth age of life / Elizabeth MacKinlay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacKinlay, Elizabeth, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Care.

Older people.

Older people--Pastoral counseling of.

Older people--Religious life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book 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.

Contents:

The spiritual dimension of ageing and people in need of care

The studies of frail older people and staff in aged care

Assessment of spirituality and spiritual needs : a developmental approach

Meaning in life and frailty in the later years

Wisdom, final meaning, the spiritual journey and frail older people

Spiritual reminiscence : provisional and final meanings in frail older people

The spiritual journey and mental health amongst older adults in need of care

Meeting the challenge : older people with memory loss and dementia

Worship and use of ritual among older people : working in multifaith and multicultural societies

Vulnerability and transcendence, living in a disintegrating body and failure to thrive

Vulnerability, transcendence

Living with chronic physical health problems

Relationship and intimacy needs among nursing home residents

Grief, death, dying and spirituality in an aged care facility

Ethical issues in the fourth age of life

The model of spiritual growth and care in the fourth age of life.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-56669-8

9786610566242

1-84642-480-1

OCLC:

228170294

Publisher Number:

9781843102311 (pbk. : alk. paper)