Changing Cultures of Ageing and Spirituality

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.

• Introduction: changing cultures of ageing and spirituality A word from the editor 1. This mortal life: ageing and spirituality after the Great Transition 2. A framework for understanding spirituality and healthy ageing: perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand 3. Spirituality: The Hindu perspective from a gerontologist’s viewpoint 4. The Mindful Way of Falun Gong for graceful and positive aging 5. Spiritual inclusiveness at end-of-life for Punjabi Indians: experience with Regional Residential Aged Care Facilities 6. Re-imagining personhood: dementia, culture and citizenship 7. Breaking bread: a dementia awareness café – a theatre installation for dementia awareness 8. Respite ministry fills a gap in dementia care 9. Corporate worship for people with dementia: rituals and sensory stimulation 10. What ritual teaches about life transitions, identity and ageing 11. Ageing and frailty: a spiritual perspective of the lived experience