TY - BOOK
T1 - Aging, spirituality, and pastoral care
T2 - A multi-national perspective
A2 - MacKinlay, Elizabeth
A2 - Ellor, James W.
A2 - Pickard, Stephen
PY - 2013/5/13
Y1 - 2013/5/13
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.4324/9780203049044
DO - 10.4324/9780203049044
M3 - Edited book
AN - SCOPUS:85055535953
SN - 9780789016690
BT - Aging, spirituality, and pastoral care
PB - Taylor & Francis
ER -