Another
Look at Aging
Volume 23, Number 1 Winter 2006
Article
Summaries
Is Aging a Crummy Deal? by Kathy Schoonover-Shoffner
The editorial addresses
age-old questions about the difficulties of aging and offers Schoonover-Shoffner’s
thoughts, along with a biblical view of aging. Readers gain God’s
thoughts, as provided in Scripture, to accurately view aging.
When
Memory Fails: Helping Dementia Patients Remember God by Sharon
Fish Mooney - Engaging patients with dementia in familiar
rituals of faith elicits positive cognitive, behavioral and spiritual
responses. What’s going on physiologically in Alzheimer’s
and other dementias? Why are spiritual rituals effective, and
how do these symbolic acts help? Mooney addresses these and other
questions in her lengthy treatment of engaging dementia patients.
Building
a New Culture of Aging: Revolutionizing Long-Term Care by
Patricia Emery - The model of care that has dominated nursing
homes needs to be changed. Successful transformation requires
a change in the way we think about aging. How will we get
there? Emery shares ideas for out of the ordinary thinking about
aging to create a new environment of care.
Tsunami Relief: An Eye-Opening
Experience by Mary L. Mancini - The world was riveted
by the Southeast-Asia earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004
that left over 38,000 dead. Mancini went to help; God showed her
a greater purpose.
Meeting Spiritual Needs of Elders Near
the End of Life by Mary Elizabeth O'Brien - An exploration
of the lived experience of Spiritual Well-Being in chronic,
seriously ill elders reveals distinct spiritual needs and effective
parish nurse interventions. O'Brien explores the diagnoses and
interventions nurses and parish nurses can use to assist elders
nearing the end of life.
Exploring Advanced Directives by Annette
M. Browning - Do Advanced Directives (ADs) require a living
will and a proxy? Do ADs have to be in writing? What does
the law require? In losing her mother, this author came to greatly
value ADs. Browning offers suggestions for the proper use of advanced
directives.
The Greatest of These Is Love by Bonnie
Holbrook - Holbrook shares how love makes the difference
in her care as a long-term care nurse.
How Can We Help Elders Finish Strong?
by Julia D. Emblen - Emblen uses a GRACE acrostic to facilitate
ongoing spiritual growth in elders.
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