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Since the 1971 White House Conference on Aging in the United
States, the need to move from religiosity into new areas such as
Spiritual Assessment and Spirituality has emerged. This movement
has picked up momentum among scholars, particularly in terms of
research in the area of Spirituality. While spirituality as a term
is employed in many new studies, this term continues to defy the
quest for a single definition and method. This book is divided into
three sections. In the first the authors reflect on the
philosophical and theological issues presented by these terms from
a variety of both cognate and practical methodological approaches.
The second section offers insights from the major professions of
sociology, psychology, public health, nursing and social work. The
final section offers insight and assistance to researchers and
authors on specific religious traditions. This book will be
important for anyone working to develop such practical tools as
spiritual assessment forms to those who engage in more formal
scholarly investigation.
Since the 1971 White House Conference on Aging in the United
States, the need to move from religiosity into new areas such as
Spiritual Assessment and Spirituality has emerged. This movement
has picked up momentum among scholars, particularly in terms of
research in the area of Spirituality. While spirituality as a term
is employed in many new studies, this term continues to defy the
quest for a single definition and method. This book is divided into
three sections. In the first the authors reflect on the
philosophical and theological issues presented by these terms from
a variety of both cognate and practical methodological approaches.
The second section offers insights from the major professions of
sociology, psychology, public health, nursing and social work. The
final section offers insight and assistance to researchers and
authors on specific religious traditions. This book will be
important for anyone working to develop such practical tools as
spiritual assessment forms to those who engage in more formal
scholarly investigation.
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
Use your personal faith to spread the health! Health Through Faith
and Community is a unique study guide that encourages Christian
congregations to enhance the well-being of individual church
members as well as society as a whole. Presented as eight study
sessions that can be used independently or combined for an in-depth
learning process, this notebook-size guide includes unique insights
and learning activities from an ecumenical Christian perspective
about the physical, mental, social, and environmental aspects of
health. This well-referenced book includes more than 50
illustrations, handouts, and figures, as well as numerous resources
for prayer, activity, discussion, self-reflection, Bible study, and
practical applications that will help connect personal faith with
congregations and communities. The study sessions presented in
Health Through Faith and Community are arranged in a series that
can be easily adapted to adult Sunday school classes, workshops,
retreats, and independent study. Sessions focus on individual
themes and each builds on the previous one, blending together
various learning approaches, including factual information,
self-assessment and reflection exercises, small group discussion,
and interaction exercises. The book also provides notes and
guidelines for a study leader, handouts, overhead projection
materials, suggested prayers, and Bible passages, materials for
group discussions and exercises, Internet resources, and
supplemental activities. Each study session presented in Health
Through Faith and Community includes: an opening prayer to
reinforce the group's intention to learn together a review of
working definitions, concepts, and content, all presented in
layperson's terms material from relevant Christian
sources-scriptures, personal stories, images, literature, poetry,
art introspective activities that can be done in-group settings or
privately
A discerning guide through the ups and downs of retirement The
number of people age 65 and older worldwide has more than tripled
to nearly half a billion over the last 50 years. Spiritual Wisdom
for Successful Retirement is an inspirational guide through the
journey that begins in life's third stage, when employment is left
behind and uncertainty lies ahead. This encouraging and uplifting
book travels beyond the financial and emotional considerations of
retirement planning to address the real-life issues retirees face,
including the loss of identity after leaving the workplace,
managing the clock, calendar, and commitments, how to deal with the
blues and the blahs, facing the reality of death, adn keeping life
in balance. Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement anticipates
the changing events and transitions of retirement, focusing on the
need to adapt to this work in progress. Retirees struggle with real
and symbolic losses as they redefine their identities, face
uncertain financial futures, adapt to altered living arrangements,
and become more aware of their physical limitations. The
disappointments, adversity, and suffering retirees face can throw
them into spiritual chaos. This powerful book presents real-life
stories of people striving to remain engaged in life, open to
possibilities, and experiencing intimations of eternityhere and
now. Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement examines: the need
for a worldview that helps you take major life transitions in
stride specific steps into retirement how to manage your time when
every day is Saturday how to identify indicators of depression how
caregivers can attend the needs of retirees how to get help when
life caves in on you how to live with purpose and courage the
significance of family ties the power of relationships,
connections, and friendships the dynamics of hope and much more!
Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement is essential for anyone
living in, or facing, retirement, and for family members of
retirees, members of the American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP), and for lay and professional caregivers. It's also a
helpful resource for academics working in gerontology or theology.
A discerning guide through the ups and downs of retirement The
number of people age 65 and older worldwide has more than tripled
to nearly half a billion over the last 50 years. Spiritual Wisdom
for Successful Retirement is an inspirational guide through the
journey that begins in life's third stage, when employment is left
behind and uncertainty lies ahead. This encouraging and uplifting
book travels beyond the financial and emotional considerations of
retirement planning to address the real-life issues retirees face,
including the loss of identity after leaving the workplace,
managing the clock, calendar, and commitments, how to deal with the
blues and the blahs, facing the reality of death, adn keeping life
in balance. Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement anticipates
the changing events and transitions of retirement, focusing on the
need to adapt to this work in progress. Retirees struggle with real
and symbolic losses as they redefine their identities, face
uncertain financial futures, adapt to altered living arrangements,
and become more aware of their physical limitations. The
disappointments, adversity, and suffering retirees face can throw
them into spiritual chaos. This powerful book presents real-life
stories of people striving to remain engaged in life, open to
possibilities, and experiencing intimations of eternityhere and
now. Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement examines: the need
for a worldview that helps you take major life transitions in
stride specific steps into retirement how to manage your time when
every day is Saturday how to identify indicators of depression how
caregivers can attend the needs of retirees how to get help when
life caves in on you how to live with purpose and courage the
significance of family ties the power of relationships,
connections, and friendships the dynamics of hope and much more!
Spiritual Wisdom for Successful Retirement is essential for anyone
living in, or facing, retirement, and for family members of
retirees, members of the American Association of Retired Persons
(AARP), and for lay and professional caregivers. It's also a
helpful resource for academics working in gerontology or theology.
Gain an understanding of the increased role religious congregations
now play in providing social support to the elderly Religious
congregations and faith-based organizations (FBO) from the Jewish,
Christian, and Islamic traditions have worked on behalf of older
adults for centuries. But the initiation of President Bush's Office
of Faith-Based Initiatives has raised many questions from both the
traditional secular and sectarian services as well as many
nontraditional services found in each community. Faith-Based
Initiatives and Aging Services addresses the issues of the
separation of church and state, the concerns involved in developing
social services in religious congregations, and the larger public
policy implications of this office. This unique book offers
perspectives from traditional and nontraditional faith-based
groups, as well as experts in volunteerism. The enactment by
Congress of the Charitable Choice section of the federal welfare
reform law combined with the creation of the Center for Faith-Based
and Community Initiatives in the United States Department of Health
and Human Services to signal a high-level of interest in supporting
faith-based organizations. Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging
Services focuses on the specific applications of services provided
by religious congregations. Editors F. Ellen Netting and James W.
Ellor conducted an in-depth interview with Elizabeth Seal-Scott,
then Director of the Center for Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives (an edited transcript of the interview is included in
the book) to help promote understanding of the development and
implementation of faith-based, grass roots programs. Faith-Based
Initiatives and Aging Services examines: the separation of church
and state Baptist perspectives on faith-based initiatives and
religious liberty managing older volunteers faith organizations and
ethnically diverse elders the heritage of religion and spirituality
in the field of gerontology faith-related agencies and their
implications for aging services the role of religious congregations
in the social service system Faith-Based Initiatives and Aging
Services is an essential resource for anyone interested in
developing programs for older adults in religious congregations,
for human services staffs seeking to work with faith-based
initiatives, and for government workers in need of a better
understanding of faith-based services in their community.
Promotes the importance of understanding spirituality and religious
belief in health and human service care Although health and human
service professionals traditionally receive extensive training in
the emotional and physical aspects of caring for a person, they
rarely receive adequate instruction in an area often as
essential--spirituality and religious belief. Recognizing the
importance of religion to a large share of the population,
Religious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Services fills this gap in
human services literature. James W. Ellor, F. Ellen Netting, and
Jane M. Thibault address the challenge of understanding the
client's perspective--even when it involves a religious tradition
unfamiliar to the practitioner--and consider the impact of the
client's needs on the agency and on public policy.
Use your personal faith to spread the health! Health Through Faith
and Community is a unique study guide that encourages Christian
congregations to enhance the well-being of individual church
members as well as society as a whole. Presented as eight study
sessions that can be used independently or combined for an in-depth
learning process, this notebook-size guide includes unique insights
and learning activities from an ecumenical Christian perspective
about the physical, mental, social, and environmental aspects of
health. This well-referenced book includes more than 50
illustrations, handouts, and figures, as well as numerous resources
for prayer, activity, discussion, self-reflection, Bible study, and
practical applications that will help connect personal faith with
congregations and communities. The study sessions presented in
Health Through Faith and Community are arranged in a series that
can be easily adapted to adult Sunday school classes, workshops,
retreats, and independent study. Sessions focus on individual
themes and each builds on the previous one, blending together
various learning approaches, including factual information,
self-assessment and reflection exercises, small group discussion,
and interaction exercises. The book also provides notes and
guidelines for a study leader, handouts, overhead projection
materials, suggested prayers, and Bible passages, materials for
group discussions and exercises, Internet resources, and
supplemental activities. Each study session presented in Health
Through Faith and Community includes: an opening prayer to
reinforce the group's intention to learn together a review of
working definitions, concepts, and content, all presented in
layperson's terms material from relevant Christian
sources-scriptures, personal stories, images, literature, poetry,
art introspective activities that can be done in-group settings or
privately group interaction-stories, spontaneous dialogue, and
interactive exercises a holistic Christian perspective on faith and
healing reflections by the session leader on ways to learn more
about nurturing well-being in individuals, relationships, and the
community The study sessions build to a final session that helps
congregations create goals to promote personal and social health in
the church community, the local community, and beyond. Health
Through Faith and Community is an invaluable resource for pastoral
counselors, chaplains, retreat leaders, parish nurses, and
faith-based social workers.
This book examines the ways religion and spirituality are
experienced by aging persons within an aging society. It aims to
encompass the wholeness of the elder's life, including spiritual
yearnings that are often shaped by religious faith and practice.
Eminent contributors from a variety of disciplines explore this new
terrain of an emerging interdisciplinary field. The result is a
volume that will function as the standard reference work in the
area, an important tool for professionals and students in health
care, psychology, spiritual ministry, and gerontology.
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