Earlier this year, the Pontifical Academy for Life released an 11-page "note" titled, "Old Age: Our Future. The Elderly After the Pandemic, which calls us to respond to the needs of elders. To continue the conversation that began this summer with a four-webinar series CHA, the Community of Sant'Egidio and Catholic Charities USA co-sponsored, we are inviting all interested to further discuss how we, as church, volunteers, agencies and service providers can help our older neighbors age in place.
We cannot underestimate the current and future needs of our aging population. This is our opportunity to set an agenda that can help make aging in place more attainable by looking at our church settings and programming, the built community and even health services more attuned to the special needs of our aging neighbors.
This Conversation Will Be of Interest To:
- Those who serve elders
- Long-term care administrators
- Aging service leaders
- Facility caregivers
- In-home caregivers
- Health service strategists
- Community benefit leaders
- Mission leaders
- Chaplains
When you register for this complimentary event, please let us know:
- If you would like to spend 5 minutes describing how you are supporting older people.
- Are you part of a parish or community program?
- Do you
- Participate in friendly visiting to reduce loneliness and isolation?
- Help with home repairs or errands?
- Offer related professional services to keep elders in their homes?
- Engage community health workers?
- Design new services as alternatives to nursing homes?
- If you can record an interview – or recommend someone we should interview – who is able to stay at home despite some frailty or limitations? Here are some questions we would ask:
- What does it mean to you to be able to stay in your home, in your community?
- Who or what helps you to stay independent?
- What is one additional support that would help you in the weeks and months to come?
- What are barriers to what you might want to do (such as go to church/faith community) – what would help you to overcome the barrier
- Your primary interest areas from the following:
- Visiting, volunteering older people at home
- Helping parishes respond to older people
- Alternatives to nursing homes.
- Advocacy/public policy
We are also offering opportunities for you to participate in this webinar. Please use this Participation Opportunities Survey link to take part in this upcoming event.
Participation opportunities are:
- Spend five minutes describing how you are supporting older people.
- Are you part of a parish or community program?
- Do you
- Participate in friendly visiting to reduce loneliness and isolation?
- Help with home repairs or errands?
- Offer related professional services to keep elders in their homes?
- Engage community health workers?
- Design new services as alternatives to nursing homes?
- Record an interview – or recommend someone we should interview – who is able to stay at home despite some frailty or limitations.
Here are some questions we would ask:
- What does it mean to you to be able to stay in your home, in your community?
- Who or what helps you to stay independent?
- What is one additional support that would help you in the weeks and months to come?
- What are barriers to what you might want to do (such as go to church/faith community)? What would help you to overcome the barrier?