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Faith in Older People

Faith in Older People

Enabling a better understanding of the importance of the spiritual dimension to the well-being of older people

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    Faith in Older People

    Enabling a better understanding of the importance of the spiritual dimension to the well-being of older people

    What is Spiritual Care?
    About us
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    Free Online Course

    Spiritual Care Matters is an online learning course designed to promote, recognise, respect and support the spiritual well-being of older people.

    Start today

We believe that spiritual care is much broader than any one faith or religion, and is of relevance to everyone.

Why we exist

We educate, encourage and support volunteers, health and social care workers, members of faith communities and other agencies to increase their understanding of spiritual care and issues around ageing.

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Our work

We are an educational, research and awareness raising organisation working across three broad themes:

Dementia Care and Faith Communities

Mental Health, Older People and Faith Communities

Spiritual Care Education

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News and Events

Stay up to date on our latest articles and what we are doing serve and bring change to our community.

Julie Young

Loneliness Awareness Week: A new befriending service comes to Edinburgh

15th June 2022

Edinburgh City Mission is launching an exciting new befriending service, to help people aged 65 and older who are facing loneliness.

Read moreLoneliness Awareness Week: A new befriending service comes to Edinburgh

Bringing out Leaders in Dementia

24th May 2022

Bold is a new project set up ensure that our communities can all make a positive contribution to support people living with dementia.

Read moreBringing out Leaders in Dementia

Wellbeing & COVID: Recovering Together

9th May 2022

As the pandemic has progressed, it’s become harder to ignore its impact on our wellbeing.

Read moreWellbeing & COVID: Recovering Together
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Upcoming events will be announced here.

Free online course

Spiritual Care Matters

Spiritual Care Matters is an online learning course designed to promote, recognise, respect and support the spiritual well-being of older people. The course is an introduction to spiritual care, exploring how spiritual care is defined, what it means in practice and why it matters. The course uses Open Badges to recognise learning for ongoing staff development.

Start today

Why Spiritual Care is important

“It (spiritual care and wellbeing) makes your job easier – you focus on the right things which means you and the individual you are privileged to work with, are empowered. ”

– Support worker

“The Spiritual Care Matters course points out the value of simple communication, kindnesses but above all else presence.”

– Chaplain

“Looking after the spiritual wellbeing of the whole workforce means the staff feel respected, appreciated and trusted. it helps create a supportive atmosphere”

– Care home manager
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The challenge for older people is to make sense of life at a stage when loss and change occur more frequently and perhaps more painfully.

Malcolm Goldsmith, founder of Faith in Older People

Contact

Tel: 0131 346 7981
Email: info@fiop.org.uk

21a Grosvenor Crescent
Edinburgh
EH12 5EL

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Faith in Older People is a registered company SC 322915. Limited by guarantee with charitable status.
Registered Charity No. SC038225. Registered Address: 21a Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh EH12 5EL

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