Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care A Multi-National Perspective

Elizabeth MacKinlay, James W. Ellor, Stephen K. Pickard

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Publisher's Synopsis

How can you foster spiritual growth in older people?This multidisciplinary work re-examines issues of aging with dignity and spiritual meaning. Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care: A Multi-National Perspective brings together chaplains, pastors, counselors, and health care practitioners in all walks of gerontology from around the world to present a fully rounded picture of the spiritual needs and potentialities of this fast-growing population. 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. Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care addresses urgent issues for older people, including:

social and spiritual isolation
the wisdom of the aging
the need for intimacy
sexuality among older people
living with dementia
the spiritual dimensions of caregiving

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Book information

ISBN:	9780789016683
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	19 Apr 2002
DEWEY:	259.3
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	190
Weight:	521g
Height:	229mm
Width:	159mm
Spine width:	21mm