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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

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    • Death and dying – how much information can people stand?
    • Permission to meet your needs!
    • Christians on Ageing – Origins and vision
    • Faith Communities and Mental Health
    • Learning more deeply to recognise and serve the community, Part 1
    • ‘I’m not ageist!  I love the old dears…’
    • Faith in older people .....
    • Be Kind and Reach Out This Winter
    • ‘Thank you for the music: The songs I’m singing’
    • Discovering a “Vulnerable” God in the Pandemic
    • A blog from Bishop Mark
    • Thinking about seasons
    • Faith, Hope and Charity: How Coronavirus Rekindled Community Spirit
    • 4 Things to take from Spring into Winter
    • CARE AT HOME
    • Thinking About Prefixes
    • A new way of living
    • Stepping Up: Responses of Community groups
    • An Intergenerational Perspective
    • James Houston Center for Faith and Successful Aging
    • Community Belonging - Lessons from lockdown
    • Looking after ethnic minority older people during the Corona-19 pandemic in Scotland
    • A Powerful Reunion
    • Locked-in, lucked out ....
    • Fancy a new word…?
    • Wash behind your ears
    • The Nation’s Comfort Blanket
    • Human Rights
    • Faith in the Garden
    • Spare a thought for people affected by dementia and their families
    • Rainbows
    • Reflections on a ‘jeely’ bag, a table and the people in our lives
    • Community Chaplaincy Listening Service
    • Charity Focus: Forth Valley Sensory Centre
    • Spiritual care in general practice: what’s happening in practice and training?
    • Listening is the first step to tackling hate!
    • Making Connections
    • Care homes and the care needs of frail older people
    • We wish you a happy 2020
    • A Quaker perspective on dementia
    • Why rights and why now?
    • Why we need to ‘connect’ together to tackle isolation and loneliness and implement change
    • Hospitality
    • Just Take A Tablet .....
    • Should Spiritual Care be Everyone’s Business?
    • A perspective from Barbara Davey: Dementia our Shared Journey
    • What Matters To You?
    • The District Nurse
    • I've lost my marbles!
    • Here Comes the Barber
    • Santa’s Lost His Breeks
    • Belonging is a Choice
    • Is Our Diet Culture Damaging for Older People?
    • The Shattered Diamond
    • Beautiful Hearts
    • How FiOP helped my family
    • Compassionate Communities
    • Tackling Loneliness and Isolation
    • 3 of the Best Ways for Caregivers to Ensure Seniors’ Safety at Home
    • Aligning policy and practice
    • Compassion and Empathy
    • Faith Communities as an asset
    • Palliative Care and Spiritual Care
    • Spring
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    • National Care Standards
    • Inclusion
    • Life Story
    • Good wishes
    • Refreshing the spirit
    • How Listening Can Bring Life
    • Malcolm Goldsmith Lecture 2015 given by Professor Sir Harry Burns
    • Reflections on the 6th International Conference on Ageing and Spirituality
    • Music to their ears
    • Don't Mention the Coal Scuttle
    • Happiness Habits for Older People
    • Faith in Action
    • Why is going outside so crucial for older people and people with dementia?
    • Spiritual Care Matters
    • What matters to you about the future of palliative and end of life care in Scotland?
    • Engaging faith communities in ‘Reshaping Care for Older People’
    • Past and Future
    • Care Homes and Spiritual Care
    • My Home Life
    • Body, Mind and Spirit
    • Celebrating the contribution of faith communities to supporting older people
    • 6th International Conference
    • Awareness
    • And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year ...
    • Standard Twelve
    • Night One
    • Untrained
    • The Jewish Community and Spirituality for Older People
    • Flambolic Events In The Scottish Parliament!
    • Singing For Joy
    • Proceed till apprehended!
    • Up The Ladders And Down The Snakes
    • The Art of Dying
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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

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Current Projects

There is a growing awareness among both families and professionals that spiritual care is an essential component of holistic, person-centre care. FiOP has developed a range of projects to address today’s challenges:

  • Dementia care and faith communities
  • Spiritual care education
  • Other work

Upcoming Events

  1. The Malcolm Goldsmith Lecture 2021

    11th May - 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
  2. We Need to Talk About Death and Dying

    20th May - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Latest news and blog

  • Death and dying – how much information can people stand?

    5th April 2021
    At work, I think about death and dying a lot.  …Read articleon Death and dying – how much information can people stand?
  • Permission to meet your needs!

    22nd March 2021
    In times like these it is easy to feel low …Read articleon Permission to meet your needs!
  • Christians on Ageing – Origins and vision

    1st March 2021
    Christians on Ageing – originally Christian Council on Ageing – …Read articleon Christians on Ageing – Origins and vision
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