Spiritual Ministry

Feeding the mature spirit honors the aging process as sacred and meaningful. Caregivers have the opportunity to encourage and observe the maturation of spiritual development.

Let Your Heart Take Courage. This article suggests the need for family and clergy to offer a ritual or ceremony to mark the passage into nursing homes. These ceremonies offer a process to say goodbye, move forward, deal with the

Geneva and her husband struggle each month to make ends meet since she had to leave her job last year to care full-time for her daughter. Her daughter suffers from Down's syndrome, ALL leukemia, and severe anemia. As the cold winter months in Ohio approached, they worried how they would heat their home. The fuel companies required a minimum delivery of 250 gallons to fill the tank in order to deliver fuel and after basic necessities of mortgage, food, and medical supplies for Geneva's daughter, there wasn't enough money left.

We all love our pets, and our attachment to them varies from one individual to another. In cases of the infirm or elderly, the attachment to a pet may be much more intense. Individuals with memory loss may not understand why they have to move to assisted living, or in with a relative, let alone any problems that might come with bringing your dog along.

Caregivers may swing from one extreme to another in their own emotions. The part-time caregiver who can tolerate animals during short-term visits may balk at full-time

When you gotta go, you gotta go" has been an age old saying. These days, with our knowledge of medicine, we have developed medications and treatments for "the urge."

Not all urges need to be treated with medication, but in some cases it helps. Behavioral training can benefit any individual who feels they are making too many trips to the bathroom.

DEFINING OVERACTIVE

We all love our pets, and our attachment to them varies from one individual to another. In cases of the infirm or elderly, the attachment to a pet may be much more intense. Individuals with memory loss may not understand why they have to move to assisted living, or in with a relative, let alone any problems that might come with bringing Fido along.

Stress depletes the body of energy in a variety of ways. Loss of sleep, feelings of agitation or depression, and development of poor eating habits are "side effects" of stress that need intervention. Some stress can help us rise to the occasion and get things done, but too much stress drains the body. One way to break the stress cycle is by changing the diet to one that can actually help reduce stress.

The body under stress will experience