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A 10 page research paper that describes a visit to a retirement home in Winston-Salem, NC as a guide on pastoral care for the elderly. The writer describes her thoughts, feelings, observations, and lessons learned, while relating this information to that from source material. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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with issues dealing with aging. While many senior citizens remain physically capable, mentally alert and active for decades, others suffer from health problems and diminished mental capacity. Their existence
-- like hospitals and the possibility of debilitating disease -- remind us of our morality and the unavoidable consequences of life, which is that we will all age and eventually
die. Therefore, I approached the home with some trepidation. Seeing the elderly people on the front porch, I noticed that my palms were sweating and my breathing increased. Consciously slowing
my breathing and calming myself, I continued with the assignment and, subsequently, learned a great deal, not only about the services that pastoral care provides for the elderly, abut also
about the gifts that the elderly have to offer to those who come into their lives. Homestead Hills, located at 2101 Homestead Hill Drive in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is
an assisted living center for senior citizens. Driving up to the nicely landscaped, one story building that sprawls over several acres, the first feature of the center that the
visitor encounters is a broad veranda with ceiling fans and a host of rocking chairs. The senior citizens taking advantage of this area smiled in greeting and nodded. The lobby
of the center is spacious and is similar in style to large living room. A fire crackled cheerfully n the fireplace at the far end and an upright piano graced
one wall. Comfortable-looking sofas and chairs were scattered throughout the room in small groups, with two residents playing a game of checkers off to one side. A bookshelf housed
numerous jigsaw puzzles and other games. The residents of this center are ages sixty-five and up and have reached the stage in life, due to health problems, diminished capacity,
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