Dementia and the Church: Memory, Care, and Inclusion
Ebook
Mary McDaniel Cail calls upon extensive personal and professional experience to offer insight, context, and concrete guidance for congregations and leaders seeking to better serve the growing percentage of the population that is experiencing life with dementia. Churches have vital roles to play, Cail explains, in showing those living with the difficulties of dementia the "soul-quieting God" who promises we are engraved, never to be forgotten, on the palms of God's hands. By recognizing and supporting the full humanity of all people, congregations and leaders can help both patients and caregivers live more fulfilling lives.
Cail pairs poignant stories with practical advice for developing holistic "memory ministry." Dementia and the Church includes lesson plans, advice on programming, and a rich trove of resources in addition to pragmatic information about dementia. A gifted storyteller, Cail crafts her prose with care and intention. Readers will develop "informed compassion," learning how to accept, pray with, relieve, and comfort all who cope with these increasingly common challenges - including themselves.
Links to activities and additional resources are available at www.allweatherfriend.org.
- Title: Dementia and the Church: Memory, Care, and Inclusion
- Authors: Tony Addy, Mary McDaniel Cail
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781506482408, 1506482406
- Resource ID: LLS:9781506482408
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-06-07T02:28:35Z
Mary McDaniel Cail, PhD, speaks and writes about "informed" compassion. Her op-eds and essays on dementia, caregiving, and grief have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, the Chicago Tribune, the Huffington Post, and Maria Shriver's Architects of Change series. She is the author of Alzheimer's: A Crash Course for Friends and Relatives and founder of The All-Weather Friend. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Mary lives near Charlottesville.