Working with the institutionalized aged and their families: Considerations for clergy |
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Authors: | Albert M. Lewis Ph. D. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Aquinas College, Michigan;(2) 1715 East Fulton, 49503 Grand Rapids, MI |
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Abstract: | The institutionalization of an aged parent presents unique challenges and strains to the family system. It also provides opportunities for limited intervention and support by empathic clergy. It is often difficult for middle-aged children to understand some of the strong and often sudden emotions they experience regarding their institutionalized parents, particularly as these feelings become confused with their own sense of having reached middle age. Again, opportunities present themselves for clergy to be sensitive to these confusing feelings. |
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