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Ministry with the frail elderly

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Miller, Edmund M. Ministry with the Frail Elderly. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/8b45b031-266c-4874-aa97-019c5d27b59a.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

M. E. M. Ministry with the frail elderly. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/8b45b031-266c-4874-aa97-019c5d27b59a

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Miller, Edmund M. Ministry with the Frail Elderly. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/8b45b031-266c-4874-aa97-019c5d27b59a.

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  • During the past thirty years, I have worked with elderly individuals in hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers, and group homes. (See Appendix K) The study of ministry with the frail elderly represents my continuing concern about the specific and unique needs of this group of individuals. The study is a pastoral essay about serious societal problems regarding the care of the frail elderly and a plea for church congregations to assist in solving the problems. The Ministry with the Frail Elderly (FEM) Study reflects concerns that are both prophetic and priestly. The study prophesies that the problems of ministry with the frail elderly are systemic in nature and that the magnitude of the problems will continue to grow. Relevant literature and demographics are used to convey the particulars of the problem. Secondly, this study suggests strategies and models for congregations to use to identify, nurture, and assist frail elderly…The purpose of the FEM study design is to describe the circumstances of ministry with the frail elderly by demographic statistics, by medical and health literature, and by interviews with pastors, health care staff, and the frail elderly themselves. Geographic limits are established for interviews to York County, Pennsylvania, the location of this researcher’s parish. The goal of Part I is to describe the complexity of the needs of the frail elderly; and secondly, to suggest strategies for a shared ministry. The theology underlying the study assumes a priesthood of believers who share their ministry of presence with the frail elderly.
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  • 12/18/2025

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