The Spiritual Lifeline:

The Spiritual Lifeline Exercise provides a means for a life review surrounding the elderly person's spiritual past and future. This vehicle directs the participant to consider his or her thoughts and feelings associated with the intersections of significant life cvents and spiritual or religious happenings from timcs past. Moreover, the participant is encouraged to take spiritual action in his or her future. The exercise cultivates the discovery and discussion of psychosocial wisdom (ego integrity) and thus is useful in a variety of settings where elderly people meet with each other, with clergy, or with geriatric personnel. Gerontology students also gain insights into their own lives and thc lives of elderly persons by their own participation in the exercise.