Eleven spiritual practices that can deepen our awareness of the essential spiritual part of life and provide frameworks for navigating aging with grace and joy.
Mary McDaniel Cail outlines eight essential steps to help your church create an effective group for those caring for loved ones with dementia.
While we prepare as best as we can for our physical and financial needs as we age, we also need to achieve some understanding of the meaning of our lives, i.e., our spirituality
If we aspire to grow to be a wise elder, we will recognize that the wisdom of age does not simply happen by living many years and having many experiences. It involves acknowledging and accepting that life requires resilience, flexibility, patience, and sharing this knowledge with others.
Our churches are graying. But aging and growing older shouldn’t be thought of as a negative life stage. Aging can be the path leading toward maturity, growth, and wisdom.
Ageism can shorten a lifespan by 7.5 years, according to a 2002 study by Becca Levy. Individuals with a more positive self-perception of aging lived an average of 7.5 years longer than those with less positive self-perceptions.
Sunny Day Club® provides respite for family caregivers and a regular outing for loved ones in the early stages of memory loss.
Food provides the nutrients and energy you need as you age. Follow these tips to help you maintain a healthy weight, get needed nutrients, and lower your risk of developing certain diseases.
Older adults often say they want to stay in their own homes as long as they can. We describe such thinking as aging in place — defined as living in the home and community of your choice as you age. It is a place where one feels safe has the ability to control and enjoy life experiences.
An important role for the Church in its ministry by, with, and for older adults is helping older adults age in faith. In other words, effective congregational ministries intentionally invite, nurture, and equip older adults to age faithfully!