The Spiritual Dimension of Caring: Applying a Model for Spiritual Tasks of Ageing
This chapter describes a spiritual dimension of ageing using themes and a model for spiritual tasks of ageing, developed as a part of doctoral studies that examined spirituality amongst a group of independent-living older adults in Canberra and NSW. This model has been tested further and the model w...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Haworth Press
2002
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Journal of religious gerontology
Year: 2002, Volume: 12, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 151-166 |
Further subjects: | B
spiritual tasks of ageing
B Wisdom B Transcendence B Isolation B Vulnerability B Hope B meaning in life B Spirituality in ageing |
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Summary: | This chapter describes a spiritual dimension of ageing using themes and a model for spiritual tasks of ageing, developed as a part of doctoral studies that examined spirituality amongst a group of independent-living older adults in Canberra and NSW. This model has been tested further and the model was confirmed through in-depth interviews of residents of nursing homes in the ACT. The first study identified six major spiritual themes from participant interviews. These were: ultimate meaning in life for each person, the way they responded to meaning, self-sufficiency versus despair, moving from provisional to final life meanings, relationship versus isolation in ageing and hope versus despair. |
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ISSN: | 1528-686X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious gerontology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1300/J078v12n03_12 |