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

By: James W Ellor

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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

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781136402593
Related ISBNs:: 9780203049044, 9780789016690, 9780789016690, 9780789016683, 9780789016683
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 06/05/20
Copyrighted By:: Routledge
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Medicine
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