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Ageing and isolation — is the issue social isolation or is it lack of meaning in life?
Author(s)	Elizabeth MacKinlay
Journal title	Journal of Religious Gerontology, vol 12, no 3/4, 2001
Pages	pp 89-100
Source	Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA.
Keywords	Isolation ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Ageing process.
Annotation	Social and spiritual isolation are growing issues for an ageing society that promotes the ideals of autonomy and high levels of individuation amongst its citizens. This paper is based on material in "The spiritual dimensions of ageing", by Elizabeth MacKinlay (Jessica Kingsley, 2000). It explores the issues of social and spiritual isolation for older adults, and ways of addressing these issues both now and in the future. The need for intimacy with God and with others is illustrated using material from in-depth interviews with older people who live independently, or who are residents of aged care facilities. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020205228 B
Classmark	TP: EX: BG
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