Book Description
Book attempts to demonstrate how spirituality and religion can improve an older person's quality of life.
Author : Harry R. Moody
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 34,10 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780789024992
Book attempts to demonstrate how spirituality and religion can improve an older person's quality of life.
Author : Holly Nelson-Becker
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 148331524X
Spirituality, Religion, and Aging: Illuminations for Therapeutic Practice by Holly Nelson-Becker is a highly integrative book written for students, professionals in aging, ministers, and older adults themselves. Readers will gain the knowledge and skills they need to assess, engage, and address the spiritual and religious needs of older persons. Taking a fresh approach that breaks new ground in the field, the author discusses eight major world religions and covers values and ethics, theories, interventions, health and caregiving, depression and anxiety, dementia, and the end of life. Meditations and exercises throughout the book allow readers to expand and explore their personal understanding of spirituality. Referencing the latest research, the book includes assessments and skill-based tools designed to help practitioners enhance the mental health of older people.
Author : Robert C. Atchley
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2009-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0801891191
Separating spirituality from religion--something few books on this topic do--Spirituality and Aging offers a plan for incorporating spirituality into gerontological scholarship, research, education, and practice.
Author : Neal M. Krause
Publisher : Templeton Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781599471440
A growing number of studies indicate that older people in the church form social ties that have a significant positive impact on their physical and mental health. In Aging in the Church, Neal Krause comprehensively assesses the various relationships that stem from church involvement. Among the many types of relationships Krause explores are close companion friendships, social-support structures (such as assistance provided by fellow church members during difficult times), and interactions that arise from Bible study and prayer groups. Through his thorough investigation of the underlying links between these relationships and the ways they relate to attributes like forgiveness, hope, gratitude, and altruism, the author hopes to explain why older adults who are involved in religious activities tend to enjoy better physical and mental health than those who are not engaged in religious communities. Going beyond merely reviewing the existing research on this subject, Aging in the Church provides a blueprint for taking research on church-based social relationships and health to the next level by identifying conceptual and methodological issues that investigators will confront as they delve more deeply into these connections. Though these are complex issues, readers will find plain language and literature drawn from a wide array of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, public health, medicine, psychiatry, nursing, social work, gerontology, and theology. Literature, poetry, philosophy, and ethical ideas supplement the insights from these diverse fields. As a result, Aging in the Church takes on a genuinely interdisciplinary focus that will appeal to various scholars, researchers, and students.
Author : Robert C. Atchley
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Medical
ISBN :
Author : Lewis Richmond
Publisher : Avery
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,38 MB
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1592407471
Offers a Buddhist perspective on aging well, with anecdotes of the author's experiences with illness, aging, and transformation, and guided meditations.
Author : Melvin Kimble
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 50,26 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN :
This book examines the ways religion and spirituality are experienced by aging persons within an aging society. An eminent group of contributors from a variety of disciplines explores this new terrain of an emerging interdisciplinary field. The result is a volume that will be the standard reference work on the relationship between religion and the experience of aging.
Author : Melvin Kimble
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 2002-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780800632731
Volume II picks up where Volume I left off--with practical advice and tools for ministry with the aging in a variety of settings. Gerontological and theological perspectives undergird the practical guidance and a final section treats of the unique ethical issues involved in ministry with the aging.
Author : Alice Fryling
Publisher : NavPress
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 24,53 MB
Release : 2021-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1641583592
Would you like to grow in life-giving ways as you age? Do you have the courage to let go of former ways of thinking to receive God's love and life in new ways? As we age, we experience the loss of physical stamina, independence, and career fulfillment. Yet within each of these losses is a holy invitation to grow. God calls us to let go of our need for accomplishment and embrace the gift of fruitfulness so that we might be transformed in this final season of our lives. In Aging Faithfully, spiritual director Alice Fryling explores how to navigate the journey of retirement, lifestyle changes, and new limitations. In this season of life, we are invited to hold both grief and hope, to acknowledge ways of thinking that no longer represent who we are, and to receive peace in the midst of our fears. We all age differently, and God calls each of us to new spiritual birth as we mature. When we embrace the aging process, we grow closer to God and experience his grace as he renews us from within. Whether you are approaching the beginning, middle, or end of your senior years, you are invited. Come and be transformed. Aging Faithfully includes questions for group discussion and suggestions for personal meditation.
Author : Vern Bengtson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 39,19 MB
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0429873999
New Dimensions in Spirituality, Religion, and Aging expands the traditional focus of religiosity to include and evaluate recent research and discoveries on the role of secular spirituality in the aging process. Contributors examine the ways conventional religion and other forms of spirituality affect human development, health and longevity, and they demonstrate how myth-creation enables humans to make meaning in their lives. Taken together, the book points to further research to enhance current knowledge, approaches to care, and social policies.