Ageing and Spirituality: Resistance, Resilience and Change
Seminar Information


28 September - 1 October 2010 University House, Cnr Balmain Cr & Liversidge St, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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University House, Cnr Balmain Cr & Liversidge St, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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Conference Aims:

  • Ageing and positive well-being in later life
  • Issues of chronic ill health, disability and resilience in later life
  • Changes experienced in ageing related to loss and grief
  • Integration of spiritual care into holistic programs of care for older adults
  • Finding meaning in life and coping with the changes of ageing, especially psychosocial, emotional and spiritual changes
  • The use of story in supporting continued growth, well-being and resilience in later life
  • Contemporary information and skill sharing strategies for working with people who have dementia and their carers

Themes:

Resistance
Challenging the stereotypes of ageing in contemporary society - spiritual, psychosocial, emotional and
physiological aspects.

Resilience
Ways of connecting and caring that build resilience for older people

Change
Catalyst and opportunity for spiritual and emotional growth

 

Who Should Attend?
•Health professionals working with older people
•Chaplains, clergy, pastoral carers
•Theologians
•Diversional therapists
•Policy makers and aged care administrators
•Older people, including those with disabilities
•Anyone interested in improving the quality of life for older people

 

Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Keith Meador- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Professor of
Medicine at Duke University Medical Center (USA), Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health at Duke University (USA)

Prof. Peter Coleman- University of Southampton (UK)

Rev. Prof. MacKinlay- Anglican priest, Professor of Theology at Charles Sturt University (NSW) and Director of CAPS.

 

TO REGISTER:

DOWNLOAD THE PDF ATTACHMENT (registration form is on the attachment)

or

Call the Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies (CAPS)

ph: +61 (2) 6272 6205

fax: +61 (2) 6273 4067

 


Seminar Location Map


University House, Cnr Balmain Cr & Liversidge St, Canberra, ACT, Australia