New Resource Handbook article explores Alzheimer’s Disease

Source: OCA
Natalya Mihailova | 04 July 2014
Alzheimer’s, a form of dementia or memory loss, is a disease with which most of us are familiar as we encounter family members, friends or acquaintances showing signs of its presence.
New Resource Handbook article explores Alzheimer’s Disease
Mileva Tatalovich, an Alzheimer’s patient at Saint Luke Church, McLean, VA, was recently awarded a gramata by Metropolitan Tikhon as a church founder and faithful member of the parish’s choir and sisterhood.

Alzheimer’s, a form of dementia or memory loss, is a disease with which most of us are familiar as we encounter family members, friends or acquaintances showing signs of its presence.  According to recent statistics given in a new article published in the Orthodox Church in America’s Resource Handbook for Ministries’ article, “Aging with Alzheimer’s Disease, Work for All the Church,” forty-seven percent of those age 85 and beyond have dementia, and “in our typical parish of 100 adults, there are currently 20 individuals that are at increased risk for the development of a memory disorder.”

Matushka Natalie Stavrevsky, the author of this article, has had 40 years of professional nursing experience with the aging.  In her article she lays out a clear and basic understanding of this illness, in words and graphs concluding with on-line follow-up resources.  From her perspective as the wife of an Orthodox Christian clergyman, she offers simple ways in which a parish community or individuals can be of help to the afflicted and/or their caregivers.  The parish can thus support their often lonely journey, making it a Christ-centered active ministry of love and compassion.

The article may be accessed here.

The Resource Handbook is an ongoing ministry of the OCA’s Department of Christian Service and Humanitarian Aid.

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