| Aging, Spirituality, and Pastoral Care: A Multi-National Perspective Contributor(s): Ellor, James W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0789016680 ISBN-13: 9780789016683 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $153.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2002 Annotation: 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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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - General - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Later Years - Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources |
| Dewey: 259.3 |
| LCCN: 2002017168 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.7" W x 9.1" (1.11 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Generational Orientation - Elderly/Aged - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: 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:
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