Author
- Ilsa Hampton1
- Meaningful Ageing Australia1
2018
Excerpt
Ilsa Hampton, MPH, BA, BTheol, GradCertMgt, GradDipEd, commenced in March 2016 as CEO of Meaningful Ageing Australia where she has led the organisation to triple in size. Prior to joining Meaningful Ageing, Ilsa worked for 8 years at aged and community services organisation Baptcare (Victoria & Tasmania) in a number of senior roles. During that time, she led the development of an award-winning pastoral care volunteer program in community and residential aged care. Ilsa worked as an accredited supervisor in Clinical Pastoral Education for over ten years in various locations around Melbourne; building on a decade of experience as a spiritual care practitioner in a wide range of settings. Ilsa has a long-standing passion for the role of spirituality in the lives of professionals, volunteers, organisations, and those they are serving.
Abstract
Author: Ilsa Hampton
Sustaining ourselves for the journey is vital if we are to offer effective support as part of the palliative care team. Spirituality has a part to play in this – either from within the context of faith or beyond the boundaries of religious communities.
In Australia, we no longer have an assumed narrative about spirituality as inherently tied to Christianity. We are in transition as a community whilst we find a new way to openly engage with our biggest questions and what sustains us. Not unlike death and dying, many people in the community have difficulty knowing how to talk about their spirituality.
This session will invite delegates to look through one window on spirituality, using one of Meaningful Ageing Australia’s most loved tools, ConnecTo (originally devised by Dr Julie Fletcher). We will consider some facets of spirituality in our own lives, as well as in the lives of those we are serving. All of this will be considered in the context of another great taboo: ageing.
Abstract
Author: Ilsa Hampton
Sustaining ourselves for the journey is vital if we are to offer effective support as part of the palliative care team. Spirituality has a part to play in this – either from within the context of faith or beyond the boundaries of religious communities.
In Australia, we no longer have an assumed narrative about spirituality as inherently tied to Christianity. We are in transition as a community whilst we find a new way to openly engage with our biggest questions and what sustains us. Not unlike death and dying, many people in the community have difficulty knowing how to talk about their spirituality.
This session will invite delegates to look through one window on spirituality, using one of Meaningful Ageing Australia’s most loved tools, ConnecTo (originally devised by Dr Julie Fletcher). We will consider some facets of spirituality in our own lives, as well as in the lives of those we are serving. All of this will be considered in the context of another great taboo: ageing.