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Friedman, Dayle A., 1956-

Jewish visions for aging : a professional guide for fostering wholeness / Dayle A. Friedman ; foreword by Thomas R. Cole ; preface by Eugene B. Borowitz.

Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., 2008.

xxvi, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

This sourcebook examines how to bring a new face to aging by creating an environment where elders can find joy and meaning. It presents ways to bring higher quality to elders' lives from the inside out, by empowering them as learners and teachers, celebrants and worshippers - participants with talents, wisdom and resources to bring to their personal lives and the community.--from publisher's description.

Aging -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.

Older Jews -- Care.

Older Jews -- Religious life.

Respect for persons.

Dementia -- Patients -- Care.

Aging parents -- Care -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.

Jewish ethics.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.

Text and tradition. Crown me with wrinkles and gray hair : traditional views and visions of aging -- Aging and meaning. The mitzvah model : meaning and mission in late life ; Everything I need to know I learned in the nursing home : Torah for confronting fragility and mortality ; Seeking the tzelem : making sense of dementia ; Lilmod U'lilamed : elders as learners and teachers of Torah -- Family caregiving. Help with the hardest mitzvah : spiritually supporting family caregivers ; Beyond guilt : perspectives from tradition on obligations to aging parents ; Balancing parents' and children's quality of life : ethical dilemmas in family caregiving -- Livui Ruchani : spiritual accompaniment in aging. Enabling their faces to shine : spiritual accompaniment with aging individuals ; PaRDeS : compassionate spiritual presence with elders ; Spiritual challenges and possibilities for Jews in long-term care facilities ; An anchor amidst anomie : ritual and aging -- Aging and community. L'Dor va-dor : living the chain of tradition through intergenerational programs ; Weaving the generations : congregations as communities for all ages.

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