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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781506482392
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication Date: 09-19-2023
Pages: 226
Product Dimensions: 6.06(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.79(d)
About the Author
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.
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