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The Parish Nurse: Bridging Faith and Health for Frail Elders

Explore the integration of faith and health in frail elderly individuals within a Christian congregation. Qualitative design includes taped interviews to uncover the influence of faith on health and vice versa, aided by Boykin & Schoenhofer's Caring Relationships theory. Discover the significance of intentional life-review, functional abilities assessment, and church affiliation review in this integration. Findings reveal the co-existence of faith and doubt, experiences of isolation, comparisons with peers, and the need for purpose and understanding. The integration facilitates self-affirmation and contributes to the integrity of the individual.

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The Parish Nurse: Bridging Faith and Health for Frail Elders

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  1. A role of the parish nurse Facilitator of faith and health integration INTRODUCTION More understanding of this integration in the frail elderly is needed

  2. Describe the pattern of faith/health integration of frail elders affiliated with a Christian congregation Qualitative design Taped interviews PURPOSE METHOD

  3. THEORY Boykin & Schoenhofer Caring Relationships

  4. QUESTIONS • Faith’s influence on health • Health’s influence on faith • Church’s role in facilitating integration of faith and health Perceived relationships…

  5. MODEL Intentional Life-review Review of functional abilities Integrity of self Review of church affiliation

  6. For detailed information Go to nursing.bethel.edu Click on Faith Health Integration

  7. SAMPLE (n=10) Age Range: 74 to 97 Mean: 86 Gender 8 females 2 males Church Affiliation Roman Catholic & Protestant

  8. FINDINGS • Faith and doubt may co-exist • Isolation from the church and its staff is experienced

  9. FINDINGS • Compare themselves to other seniors. • Need for meaning, purpose and giving • Speak of limitations instead of diagnoses

  10. CONCLUSIONS Integration of faith and health is facilitated by: • Intentional life review (established patterns of meaning, purpose, roles, and responsibilities) • Review of functional abilities (assets and challenges to health) • Review of church affiliation (affirmation of self as valued by God and others) Faith and health integration contributes to integrity of the self

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