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   Did Michelangelo really believe that his life had been
wasted because he failed to pursue a spiritual goal? Y
THE RIPENING IN US
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   When grapes turn
   to wine, they long for our ability to change.
   When stars wheel
   around the North Pole,
   they are
And what of our old age?
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From a lecture given 17th October 2012
Chichester
WHAT ARE OLDER PEOPLE FOR?
The profit motive, the mass media’s love affair with the new, and
The Pleasures of Ageing?
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JAMES HILLMAN:Â
   "Suppose we all lived to be 125, or 185; how would we
live? It's a frightening idea, because it’s a deep denial of
somethi
Growing great?
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"A society grows great when old men plant trees
whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
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GRACE APPROACHING
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There is a grace approaching
that we shun as much as death,
it is the completion of our birth.
It does not come in time,
but in timelessness
when t
UnMasking Age
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Unmasking Age: The significance of age for social research
Social Research
Bill Bytheway Policy Press 2011
When the history of social ger
Time and Age – some more questions!
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Is it absurd to suggest that the tick of the clock is relevant to understanding age?
Picture it: a landscape, a family enjoying a picnic,
How Old do you think I am?
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Try this out for a starter if you want to reflect in Age!
Do you feel age masks 'the real you'?
When did you last take a hard look at you
Spirituality and Personhood in Dementia
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‘SPIRITUALITY AND PERSONHOOD IN DEMENTIA’
Edited by Albert Jewell, Jessica Kingsley publishers 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84905-154-5
CARE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
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 "The only thing that can save us as a species is seeing how
we're not thinking about future generations in the way we live.Â
What's lacking i
Beatitudes for the Ageing
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 Blessed are those who have the courage to do nothing.
They demonstrate to us a different level of living for one another.
Blessed are those who
We continue to fail older people
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Councils cut back on free adult social care
Some authorities say they have no option but to cut one of their biggest areas of spending
The Associatio
Growing Older?
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The first fifty years of life give us the text;
       the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
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How do we look after the vulnerable in our ‘Big Society’?
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This isnt going to be the easiest weeks for many people. What a strange and perplexing world we live in - a Big Society accepting the inevitability o
Leadership and Listening?
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............ it is significant that our English word for 'obedience' is derived from two Latin words -ob and audire- which mean to 'listen keenly
I Look Into My Glass
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I look into my glass,
And view my wasted skin,
And say, ‘Would God it came to pass
My heart had shrunk as thin!’
For then I, undistres
In memory of W.B. Yeats
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Earth, receive an honoured guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel lie
Emptied of its poetry.
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Follow, poet, follow right
To
Befriend the Older stranger in yourself?
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In a science museum, there is one exhibit in particular which attracted long lines of children: "Face Ageing". A child sits down in front of an auto
When will we learn to care for our older people?
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 Patients can apply for NHS funding through the continuing care system
Vulnerable elderly people are being unfairly forced to pay for health care