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Spiritual Care and Health: Improving Outcome and Enhancing Wellbeing
International Conference
The Beardmore Conference Centre, Glasgow. Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th March 2012. This interactive conference is for healthcare researchers, educationalists and practitioners with an interest in spiritual care. You will explore how its delivery may enhance patient outcome and the wellbeing of patients, their carers, staff and organisations.
Aims of the Conference:-
1. Share up-to-date, ground-breaking research to inform spiritual care education and practice.
2.Promote relationships between researchers, educators and practitioners in the field of spiritual care from all over the world.
3. Promote spiritual care as being an integral part of quality holistic healthcare which is person-centred, safe and effective.
Conference Chair - John Swinton - Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care, University of Aberdeen. Website http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/media/ 522685/662-spiritual-care-abstracts.pdf

Scottish Government and Scottish Local Authorities: building strong and vibrant communities. A one day conference on Tuesday 13th March 2012, Edinburgh
Keynote Speaker, Aileen Campbell MSP. This conference will examine the future relationship between Scottish Government and Local Government, how preventative funding and services can be directed to a new policy approach, the challenges of making outcome based policies more substantive and what the future role of the third sector should be.
www.mackayhannah.com

DVD now available of Annual Malcolm Goldsmith Lecture:-
Who will hold my soul :Dementia, friendship and the spirituality of caring communities. 
Speaker; The Rev Professor John Swinton. Cost £10 (includes p&p) Please contact:-
info@fiop.org.uk

Welcome! Faith in Older People works to celebrate the lives of older people, and to develop best practice in understanding and meeting the spiritual needs of older people and their families. We recognise that the idea of ‘spiritual care’ is complex. It includes faith-based needs but also encompasses those which are not allied to a particular faith. We work with individuals, organisations and services of all kinds to promote understanding and develop good practice. We hope you will find our website stimulating and informative. Please contact us and tell us about your interests and ideas and please visit us again. FiOP aims to improve the quality of life of older people by ensuring that person-centred care fully incorporates the spiritual dimension so that what really matters to an individual, drawn from their personal histories, needs and routines is recognised and acted upon. We work primarily with those who provide care, whether paid or unpaid, be they health or social care staff, hospital chaplains, volunteers and clergy. To do this we offer a range of courses; undertake research; organise debates and lectures to challenge thinking provide mentoring and support and develop ways of worshipping with people who have dementia.

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Faith in Older People is a registered company SC 322915 Limited by guarantee with charitable status Registered Charity No. SC038225