Dementia - A Spiritual Journey Towards the Divine: A Personal View of Dementia

This chapter presents a moving account of one woman's journey into fronto-temporal dementia. Bryden grapples with the difficult issues of loss of self and relationship with God. She examines the significance of memory in the Christian journey, and finally, she proposes ways for relating to her...

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Authors: Bryden, Christine 1949- (Author) ; MacKinlay, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Haworth Press 2003
In: Journal of religious gerontology
Year: 2003, Volume: 13, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 69-75
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Soul
B Cognition
B Dementia
B emotional healing
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Summary:This chapter presents a moving account of one woman's journey into fronto-temporal dementia. Bryden grapples with the difficult issues of loss of self and relationship with God. She examines the significance of memory in the Christian journey, and finally, she proposes ways for relating to her as she moves further into dementia. The strategies suggested uphold her as a fellow member of the Body of Christ, where others may become her memory, and where she can still be nurtured through the love of others and feel God's love through them.
ISSN:1528-686X
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious gerontology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1300/J078v13n03_05