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Author McFadden, Susan H., author.

Title Aging together : dementia, friendship, and flourishing communities / Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages)
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies
Contents Dilemmas of dementia diagnoses -- Receiving the diagnosis -- Personhood -- What is friendship? -- When our friends travel the dementia road -- Dementia fear and anxiety -- Beyond fear and anxiety -- The flourishing community -- Congregations as schools for friendship -- The things that abide -- Practicing friendship in the "thin places" -- Memory, forgetting, and the present time
Summary "Never in human history have there been so many people entering old age -- roughly one-third of whom will experience some form of neurodegeneration as they age. This seismic demographic shift will force us all to rethink how we live and deal with our aging population. Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden propose a radical reconstruction of our societal understanding of old age. Rather than categorize elders based on their respective cognitive consciousness, the McFaddens contend that the only humanistic, supportive, and realistic approach is to find new ways to honor and recognize the dignity, worth, and personhood of those journeying into dementia. Doing so, they argue, counters the common view of dementia as a personal tragedy shared only by close family members and replaces it with the understanding that we are all living with dementia as the baby boomers age, early screening becomes more common, and a cure remains elusive. The McFaddens' inclusive vision calls for social institutions, especially faith communities, to search out and build supportive, ongoing friendships that offer hospitality to all persons, regardless of cognitive status. Drawing on medicine, social science, philosophy, and religion to provide a broad perspective on aging, Aging Together offers a vision of relationships filled with love, joy, and hope in the face of a condition that all too often elicits anxiety, hopelessness, and despair"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Dementia -- Patients -- Family relationships
Dementia -- Social aspects
Spirituality.
Alzheimer Disease -- therapy
Aged -- psychology
Alzheimer Disease -- psychology
Community Networks
Social Support
Spirituality
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Spirituality
Dementia -- Patients -- Family relationships
Dementia -- Social aspects
Alterspsychologie
Alzheimerkrankheit
Soziale Unterstützung
Alzheimer-Krankheit.
Demenz.
Psychologie.
Alter.
Altern.
Gemeinschaft.
Soziale Unterstützung.
Freundschaft.
Alzheimer, Maladie d'.
Personnes âgées -- Psychologie.
Réseaux sociaux.
Spiritualité.
Form Electronic book
Author McFadden, John T., author.
LC no. 2010045133
ISBN 9781421401416
142140141X