No Act of Love is Ever Wasted: The Spirituality of Caring for Persons with Dementia
This book wonderfully addresses the needs created by the terrible epidemic of lives and minds being destroyed by Alzheimer s disease and other dementing illnesses. The authors open our eyes to the spiritual options of dealing with all those affected by dementia. This little book puts a new, restorative option into the caring of, and love for, those with or affected by dementia, where God fits into this equation, and how each of us can rethink our path in this process. --Lois W. Lutz, MS Alzheimer Education and Outreach Coordinator Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaWhat a wonderful gift Richard Morgan and Jane Thibault offer caregivers. Each has previously contributed in major ways to our understanding of spirituality and aging, and here they combine their experience and expertise to create a timely work of loving integration. Biblically grounded and rich in practical suggestions, their book will bring comfort and hope to all those caring for loved ones with dementia. By means of moving personal stories, the authors invite each of us to live from the spiritual convictions crucial to such care: the abiding worth of every human person and the enduring power of even the smallest act of love. --Kathleen Fischer, PhD, MSW; author of Winter Grace: Spirituality and Aging; psychotherapist and spiritual director, Seattle, WashingtonWhile reading No Act of Love is Ever Wasted I was moved by the amount of caring and love the authors conveyed. Their rich understanding of dementia, particularly Alzheimer s disease, and the journey caregivers endure is evident from the personal examples cited throughout the text. The perspective that caregiving is an extension of spiritual life will aid families and professionals to look beyond day-to-day routines and chores and accept their role as an opportunity to serve the total person in body, mind, and spirit. --Lois W. Lutz, MS Alzheimer Education and Outreach Coordinator Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania