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Previous Conferences run by FiOP have been:-

Old Age: Wasteland or Harvest Field

After a successful conference in Edinburgh in October 2008
this was repeated in Inverness May 2009

CONFERENCE October 2008 – see report attached.

CONFERENCE May 2009 Inverness - see report attached.

The Celebrations And Challenges In The Pastoral Care Of Older People

held at the Eric Liddell Centre, 13.11.07.
Attending were people from the Catholic Church, Scottish Episcopal Church, United Reformed Church, and Church of Scotland, and the Baptist Church and included ministers and chaplains as well as visitors and carers from within those denominations. The feedback from those attending was very positive and the issues and proposals will be of great assistance to FiOP in developing its future work.
see report attached

FAITH IN OLDER PEOPLE in collaboration with GLASGOW UNIVERSITY and THE UNITED DIOCESE OF GLASGOW & GALLOWAY presented a joint conference

THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY AND WELL-BEING IN OLD AGE

Thursday, 27TH MAY 2010

at Centre for Research in Health & Social Issues,
Crichton Campus DUMFRIES

The context
There is growing recognition that spiritual care is critically important in ensuring the well-being of older people as part of person centred care. What defines ‘spiritual’ is very individualistic and Faith in Older People uses the definition of ‘what gives meaning to a person’s life’ which can encompass religion and other key factors.

Within the Health and Social Care services there is a requirement to enable spiritual care needs to be met and research has shown that this is often difficult for staff and volunteers to interpret.

Purpose of the conference
The conference aimed to increase understanding of the importance of the spiritual journey in old age and how congregations and health and social care staff can be enabled to ensure that older people receive the spiritual care they need.

Audience
The conference was for ministers, elder trainers, pastoral carers and health and social care workers.