Pastoral care for the institutionalized elderly: determining and responding to their need.
Reports on a survey of nursing home residents and from the empirical findings of the survey outlines specific pastoral care needs, identifies vulnerable groups, and describes desired elements of visitation and ministry to the elderly. Links the elderlys' expressed current problems to effective pastoral care.
D000368:Aged; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010327:Pastoral Care; D014481:United States