“Is there a Retirement Age for Spirituality?”
This was the title of the annual Social Care Lecture organised by the Gillis Centre in which Father Gerald Hughes SJ gave an inspiring presentation.
Father Gerry enabled us to think about the theme “is there a Retirement Age for Spirituality?” To which the answer was a resounding no! We focussed on “Finding God in our Fears” and remembered that the most common words made by God in the Bible are DO NOT BE AFRAID.
“What does it mean to have Dementia?”
On the 27th November Alison Newell represented FIOP and spoke at the annual conference for the department of spiritual care in Ashludie Hospital , Monifieth. The subject for the day was
“What does it mean to have Dementia?’
The first speaker was Dr. Dot Weaks, Nurse Consultant in Dementia who gave an informative talk on “Diagnosed with Dementia - what then?” She was followed by Ms Agnes Houston who has had an early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Agnes was both courageous and creative in how she was living with the diagnosis and was an inspiring speaker. Alison Newell spoke on ‘Spiritual care for those with dementia’ and enabled a lively discussion amongst the chaplains. She introduced many to FIOP and promoted FIOP’s courses and materials
