1st Edition
Changing Cultures of Ageing and Spirituality
Introduction: changing cultures of ageing and spirituality
Elizabeth MacKinlay and Ann Harrington
A word from the editor
James W. Ellor
1. This mortal life: ageing and spirituality after the Great Transition
Stephen Pickard
2. A framework for understanding spirituality and healthy ageing: perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand
Richard Egan and Mei-Ling Blank
3. Spirituality: The Hindu perspective from a gerontologist’s viewpoint
Mehta Kalyani K.
4. The Mindful Way of Falun Gong for graceful and positive aging
Margaret Trey
5. Spiritual inclusiveness at end-of-life for Punjabi Indians: experience with Regional Residential Aged Care Facilities
Sabine Wardle and Cary Bennett
6. Re-imagining personhood: dementia, culture and citizenship
John Swinton
7. Breaking bread: a dementia awareness café – a theatre installation for dementia awareness
Samantha Bews
8. Respite ministry fills a gap in dementia care
Daphne M. Johnston
9. Corporate worship for people with dementia: rituals and sensory stimulation
Robyn Wrigley-Carr
10. What ritual teaches about life transitions, identity and ageing
Alan Niven
11. Ageing and frailty: a spiritual perspective of the lived experience
Elizabeth MacKinlay
Biography
Elizabeth MacKinlay, AM, PhD, MEd, FACN, is a Registered Nurse and Priest in the Anglican Church of Australia, Inaugural Director of the Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies (CAPS) until 2012. She is an Adjunct Research Professor. Since 2020 Elizabeth has been Director of CAPS in the Austrualian Centre for Christianity and Culture at Charles Sturt University, Australia.
Ann Harrington, RN, PhD FACN, is a Registered Nurse with 40 years’ experience in ageing, palliative care, and spirituality. She has held academic positions in two universities over 40 years and currently is Associate Director of the Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies and Adjunct Research Professor, Charles Sturt University, Australia.
