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Age discrimination
Age Discrimination - a new
loneliness - a personal account by social scientist Margaret Simey
on the experience of extreme old age.
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Ageing in the countryside
The Hidden Store - the contributions of older people to rural communities
Rural
Lifelines: older people and rural social enterprises (pdf format,
650kb)
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Ageing policy and research
Ageing: Scientific
aspects House of Lords Report of an inquiry by Lord Sutherland
From Welfare to Well-being - a report from Joseph Rowntree on housing, money and care for older
people.
The Policy Challenges
of Population Ageing (Leveson Paper 5)
This year's big idea? -
Les Bright comments on the Green Paper 'Independence, Well-Being and
Choice'.
The West Midlands Regional
What?- an account of the work of the West Midlands Regional Assembly
Leveson Paper 2 Valuing
Age? An Agenda for Society and the Church
Leveson Paper 5 The
Policy Challenges of Population Ageing
Leveson Paper 15 Thinking
the Unthinkable - ten years on
Rt Hon Frank Field MP
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Recruitment and Sampling:
qualitative research with older people papers from The Centre
for Ageing and Biographical Studies at The Open University
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Dementia
Dementia: re-membering the cost, Brian Allen. Article in the Crucible April-June 2008, p13.
Alone with Dementia - a personal account of caring for a spouse with dementia
Bradford Dementia Group - a review of some recent additions to their series of Good practice Guides
Dementia: pastoral
theology and pastoral care - a Grove booklet.
Do people with dementia have spiritual needs? Text of a talk given in Medway by Alison Johnson, 23 January 2008
(pdf)
Explorations in
Dementia: Theoretical and Research Studies into the Experience
of Remediable and Enduring Cognitive Losses
A Guide to the Spiritual
Dimension of Care for People with Alzheimer's Disease and Related
Dementia. More than Body, Brain and Breath
In a Strange Land:
People with Dementia and the Local Church - a guide and encouragement
for ministry
Lighting the Way:
spiritual and religious care for those with dementia
Memory's Tomb:
dementia and a theology of Holy Saturday
Religious Practice
and People with Dementia - practical issues in caring for people
with dementia from five major world faiths.
Restoring the Soul - A selection of favourite hymns sung by choirs and members from Morningside
United Church, Christ Church Morningside and Morningside Baptist Church,
Edinburgh
Seeing the Person Beyond
the Dementia, Papers presented at a Leveson Seminar (Leveson Paper
Number Eight)
Leveson Paper 6 Dementia:
Improving Quality of Life
Leveson Paper 7 Older
People, Faith and Dementia: twenty-four practical talks for use in
care homes
Leveson Paper 8 Seeing
the Person beyond the Dementia
Leveson Paper 12 Palliative
Care for People with Dementia
A Special Kind of
Care - the report of a research project by the Bradford dementia
Group in ten MHA homes.
Spiritual care in confusion:
ministry to the sick, the elderly and the terminally ill - a DVD from
the Nuneaton Pastoral Care Project
The Wells of Life:
moments of worship with people with dementia - suggestions for action
Alzheimer's Disease
and Dementia, House of Lords debate on 10 March 2004
A sacred space: communicating
with my mother- a new approach to communication using touch
Sometimes dementia can mean
freedom - Giles Fraser writes about the effect of dementia on
his Gran
Understanding dementia - outlines of three presentations at the Leveson Seminar on Wednesday 14 June 2006
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End-of-life issues
Leveson Paper 4 A Good
Death
Leveson Paper 14 A
Good Funeral
Befriending Death
Aging, Death and the
Quest for Immortality
Dying in Older Age: reflections
and experiences from an older person's perspective
Lost for Words:
Loss and Bereavement Awareness Training
Death is enjoyable - a
personal account of a Near Death Experience and its significance to
living life and facing death.
Nearing Death Awareness, A Guide to the Language, Visions and Dreams of the Dying by Mary Anne Saunders. Review by James Woodward.
Parliamentary
debate on End-of-Life Care Tuesday 19 July 2005.Frank Field MP
and Caroline Spelman MP initiated a wide-ranging and non-party political
debate in the House of Commons on End-of-Life care in which they gave
welcome publicity to James Woodward's recent book Befriending Death
and to the work of the Leveson Centre. Review by James Woodward.
Silent Grief, Living in the Wake of Suicide, by Christopher Lukas and Henry Seiden.
Sunday
programme on Radio 4 29 May 2005 (Real Audio format - Realplayer
software required) An interview with James Woodward following Help
the Aged's publication of a summary of research carried out by the
University of Sheffield into discrimination against older people in
end-of-life care Dying in Older Age: reflections and experiences from
an older person's perspective. Available from Help
the Aged for £5.00. Tel 020 7239 1946 or e-mail publications@helptheaged.org.uk
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Ethnic elders
Faith, Stories and the
Experience of Black Elders
Religious Practice
and People with Dementia - practical issues in caring for people
with dementia from five major world faiths.
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Housing options
Homing in on housing:
a study of housing decisions of people aged over 60
A Survival Guide to
Later Life: How to Stay Healthy, Happy, Mobile and in Control
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Illness in old age
A Case in Point an account of her mother's dilemmas in illness) Alison Johnson , . Article in the Crucible April-June 2008, p24.
Leveson Paper 10 Journeying
through Old Age and Illness Leo Missinne, 2004. £5.00
Leveson Paper 13 Befriending
Illness
Depression and
Older People: towards securing well-being in later life
Finding God in Illness (pdf
format, 123kb) - a booklet written by James Woodward.
Journeying through Old
Age and Illness - Reviews of Leveson Paper No 10 by Leo Missinne
Spiritual care in confusion:
ministry to the sick, the elderly and the terminally ill - a DVD from
the Nuneaton Pastoral Care Project
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Leveson Centre publications
Working with Older People: A Resource Directory for Churches
Befriending Death by James Woodward
Services for Weekdays by James Woodward and Leslie Houlden,
Praying the Lectionary: prayers and reflections for every week’s readings by James Woodward and Leslie Houldon
Leveson Paper 1 Understanding
the Needs of Older People
Leveson Paper 2 Valuing
Age? An Agenda for Society and the Church
Leveson Paper 3 Committed
to the Asylum? The Long Term Care of Older People
Leveson Paper 4 A Good
Death
Leveson Paper 5 The
Policy Challenges of Population Ageing
Leveson Paper 6 Dementia:
Improving Quality of Life
Leveson Paper 7 Older
People, Faith and Dementia: twenty-four practical talks for use in
care homes
Leveson Paper 8 Seeing
the Person beyond the Dementia
Leveson Paper 9 Is Religion
the Friend of Ageing?
Leveson Paper 10 Journeying
through Old Age and Illness Leo Missinne,
Leveson Paper 11 The
Experience of Ageing: A Challenge to Christian Belief Helen Oppenheimer
Leveson Paper 12 Palliative
Care for People with Dementia
Leveson Paper 13 Befriending
Illness
Leveson Paper 14 A
Good Funeral
Leveson Paper 15 Thinking
the Unthinkable - ten years on,
Rt Hon Frank Field MP
Leveson Paper 16 Lighting the Way:
spiritual and religious care for those with dementia
Leveson Paper 17 The Humour of Old Age, Revd Dr Una Kroll
Leveson Paper 18 Celebrating Age in Worship: Suggestions and Resources
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Long-term care
The Complete Care
Home Guide and The Brief Care Home Guide - two guides published
by Counsel and Care.
Leveson Paper 3 Committed
to the Asylum? The Long Term Care of Older People
Facing the Future - Jewish provision for older people.
Is there a Future for Residential Care? Outlines of three presentations at a Leveson seminar on Wednesday 13 June 2007
A Special Kind of
Care - the report of a research project by the Bradford dementia
Group in ten MHA homes
Training Manual for Working with Older People in Residential and Day Care Settings by Jacki Pritchard. Review by James Woodward, Director of The Leveson Centre
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Older people and religious organisations
What Church for the Saga Generation? Cultural shifts in the younger old Michael Collyer. Article in the Crucible April-June 2008, p4.
Religion, Culture
and Institutional Care: Caring for Older Jews in the United Kingdom
(pdf format, 387kb)
The
gifts reserved for age: perceptions of the elderly The Archbishop
of Canterbury Dr Rowan William's speech at the AGM of the charity
Friends of the Elderly. (http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/956)
Leveson Paper 9 Is Religion
the Friend of Ageing?
Facing the Future - Jewish provision for older people.
Is Religion the Friend
of Ageing? - Review of Leveson Paper No 9 by Peter Coleman.
Like Spring without
Flowers: why older women and the churches need each other
Older People and
the Church
Pioneering the
Third Age: the church in an ageing population
Practical Theology
for Ageing - an edited collection of essays about church life
in North America
A Telling Minority:
Spirituality of older men
An aged man is but a paltry
thing … unless …- a Temple Balsall sermon on old age
by the Rt Revd Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford given at Temple Balsall.
The church and the elderly:
a work observed - Isabel Smith writes about her visit to Sweden
to study the work of the churches with older people
Community, Connection, and
Caring: Towards a Christian Feminist Practical Theology of Older
Women
God: the attitudes of the
various faith traditions to the elderly
A Survey
on Ministry with Older People within the Diocese of Perth (pdf
format, 223kb)
In a Strange Land:
People with Dementia and the Local Church - a guide and encouragement
for ministry
Religious Practice
and People with Dementia - practical issues in caring for people
with dementia from five major world faiths.
Restoring the Soul - A selection of favourite hymns sung by choirs and members from Morningside
United Church, Christ Church Morningside and Morningside Baptist Church,
Edinburgh
O Tidings of Comfort
and Joy - a CD of favourite Christmas hymns chosen by older people
with dementia
A Special Kind of
Care - the report of a research project by the Bradford dementia
Group in ten MHA homes.
Spiritual care in confusion:
ministry to the sick, the elderly and the terminally ill - a DVD from
the Nuneaton Pastoral Care Project
Factors which might influence
the provision of effective pastoral care to elderly people within
a selection of Church of England parishes - Peter Speck, Marie Mills
and Peter G Coleman write about a new research project at the University
of Southampton.
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Quality of life in old age
A Survival Guide to
Later Life: How to Stay Healthy, Happy, Mobile and in Control
The not-so-good life? Living and learning alongside older people
Leveson Paper 1 Understanding
the Needs of Older People
Holiday at Home
Resource Pack Video and notes
The Vocation of a Christian
Scholar a review by Revd Professor Leslie Houlden of a book looking
at how faith can sustain the life of the mind.
Reminiscence Theatre, Making Theatre from Memories by Pam Schweitzer. Review by James Woodward
Retirement and its planning - Stuart Good reflects on his recent retirement in Western Australia
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Social Policy
Betraying the NHS: Health Abandoned by Michael Mandelstam. Review by James Woodward
Setting Up New Services in the NHS, Just Add Water!, by Kingsley Norton. Review by James Woodward
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Spiritual needs of older people
Successful Ageing James Woodward. Article in the Crucible April-June 2008, p32.
Crucible April-June 2008 Special issue edited by James Woodward entitled Ageing: the challenge for the Saga Generation
New books in Religion, Spirituality and Aging from the Haworth Press, (www.HaworthPress.com) reviewed by James Woodward
Wild Goose Chase: exploring the spirituality of everyday life by Annie Heppenstall. Review by James Woodward
The
gifts reserved for age: perceptions of the elderly The Archbishop
of Canterbury Dr Rowan William's speech at the AGM of the charity
Friends of the Elderly. (http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/956)
The Spiritual needs
of Older People - a Resource List (html version).
Also available
in Acrobat format (379kb)
Leveson Paper 11 The
Experience of Ageing: A Challenge to Christian Belief Helen Oppenheimer
Ageing, Spirituality
and Well-being - papers from the 2002 International conference
in Durham.
Leveson Paper 1 Understanding
the Needs of Older People
Leveson Paper 2 Valuing
Age? An Agenda for Society and the Church
Frequently Asked
Questions on Spirituality and Religion
Nourishing the
Inner Being: An Introduction to Spirituality - an MHA Care group
training video.
Spiritual assessment
and intervention with older adults: Current directions and applications,
by Mark Brennan and Deborah Heiser (eds). Review by Euan Sadler.
Spiritual Caregiving
as Secular Sacrament: A Practical Theology for Professional Caregivers
The Vocation of a Christian
Scholar a review by Revd Professor Leslie Houlden of a book looking
at how faith can sustain the life of the mind.
An aged man is but a paltry
thing … unless …- a Temple Balsall sermon on old age
by the Rt Revd Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford given at Temple Balsall.
Message for Lent 2005 from
Pope John Paul II - on the theme of ageing, written shortly before
his death
Nurturing a sense of belonging - an account by Gerry Burke of the Age Concern England initiative
on spirituality and ageing.
What next? - how can we
sustain spirituality as we age?
Who is God for you? And
other questions … - a research project on older people's images
of God
Yeats' tin can - two Quakers
debate aspects of old age and our response to it.
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Welfare, benefits and pensions
Individuals in Need:
guidelines for grant makers
Delivering Benefits
in Old Age, the Take up of the Minimum Income Guarantee, by Paul
Dornan. Review by James Woodward, Director of The Leveson Centre
Pensions: challenges
and choices - a response submitted on behalf of the Diocese of
Sheffield
Leveson Paper 15 Thinking
the Unthinkable - ten years on
Rt Hon Frank Field MP
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Worship and older people
A service for people with dementia Some hints about preparing worship for people with dementia and a tried and tested order of service used at MHA Westbury, Newport Pagnell (pdf format, 24kb).
A celebration of age An example of a service celebrating age used at St Martin's Church, Osmaston in the Diocese of Derby which could be adapted for use elsewhere (pdf format, 32kb).
Services for weekdays
All-age worship - a challenge
to the view that only younger people matter in the churches.
The Wells of Life:
moments of worship with people with dementia - suggestions for action
Lighting the Way:
spiritual and religious care for those with dementia
O Tidings of Comfort
and Joy - a CD of favourite Christmas hymns chosen by older people
with dementia
Restoring the Soul - A selection of favourite hymns sung by choirs and members from Morningside
United Church, Christ Church Morningside and Morningside Baptist Church,
Edinburgh
Leveson Paper 7 Older
People, Faith and Dementia: twenty-four practical talks for use in
care homes
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