Re-Orienting Pastoral Care with Aging Persons

Abstract

The present changing social configuration of aging in America demands ordered and studied response from government and private agencies and organizations in order that the quality of life throughout the life span be maintained and enhanced for all persons. The thesis of the article is that no longer is a traditional approach of "caring for" older persons adequate, either within pastortoal thcaer lea,r goer ri ns ytshtee mbrso iand ewr hriecahc hit eosp oefr actaersi.n gT,h fer olamrg teh en ufmambeilry o s Y a sbtelem, active, contributing older persons requires a change of stance in pastoral caring from "caring for," to caring with. Pastoral care must become more agile and creative to address all persons in the later stages of life.