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Christian spiritual care helps the elderly age with dignity

The need for spiritual care is particularly crucial at the twilight of one’s life. Questions arise for the frail elderly that focus on life and death, meaning and purpose, loneliness and loss. These issues are often magnified when the individual is placed in a long-term care facility.

When a person enters a nursing home or similar institution, it is seldom by choice. Usually all other options have been exhausted. Often the transition from safe, familiar surroundings to such a facility is abrupt and traumatic.

Once within the new setting, the customary roles and schedules no longer apply. Individuals can become disoriented, depressed, lose the sense of time, and begin to question the meaning and purpose of their lives.

Many persons residing in long-term care facilities experience some type of spiritual crisis. Offering comfort, faith, and courage to persons in the face of uncertainty and fear helps them experience the love of the God who created them. Reaching out to the elderly rekindles hope and a faith that will enable them to once again celebrate their lives.