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3 Editorial (full text)

6 When Memory Fails: Helping Dementia Patients Remember God
Sharon Fish Mooney
Engaging patients with edmentia in familiar rituals of faith elicits positive cognitive, behavioral and spiritual responses. What's going on physiologically in Alzheimer's and other dementias? Why are spiritual rituals effective, and how do these symbolic acts help?

16 Building a New Culture of Aging: Revolutionizing Long-Term Care
Patricia Emery
The model of care that has dominated nursing homes needs to be changed. Successful transformation requires a change in the way we think about aging. How will we get there?

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25 Tsunami Relief: An Eye-Opening Experience
Mary L. Mancini
The world was riveted by the Southeast-Asian earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004, that left over 38,000 dead. This nurse went to help; God showed her a greater purpose.

34 Exploring Advanced Directives
Annette M. Browning
Do Advanced Directives (ADs) require a living will and a proxy? Do ADs have to be in writing? What does the law require? In losing her mother, this author came to greatly value ADs.