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Because of shrinking health care resources, both human and monetary, parish nurses in the future will be called upon to deal with rising numbers of elderly and the end-of-life issues that accompany aging. This book is a guide to designing programs that can complement a congregation's ministry priorities for senior adults, identifying strengths to reinforce and weakness to avoid. Stories from the fields of service capture the sweat equity and history of the reemergence of nursing in churches. Suitable for use with multiple faith traditions, this book demonstrates how to take responsibility for health ministries without leaning on direction from local hospitals. This book presents multiple practice models, intervention strategies, and methods of program evaluation responsive to boundaries and traditions of various communities of faith.
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