dementia
Is the consumerist West headed toward killing those with dementia?
By Charles C. Camosy — February 28, 2023
(RNS) — We imagine anyone who needs help to thrive as a ‘burden,’ and thus the compassionate thing to do is end their lives. This is terribly ableist.
A prayer for Bruce Willis
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 21, 2023
(RNS) — The famous actor is on a journey. Many of us know the GPS.
Will those suffering late-stage dementia be the next to be called less than human?
By Charles C. Camosy — July 15, 2021
(RNS) — Attitudes toward brain death are already being extended to those with late-stage dementia and beyond.
We need more people with disabilities to get the chance Tafida Raqeeb has
By Charles C. Camosy — June 29, 2020
(RNS) — In a culture that values autonomy, faith traditions must speak up for the most vulnerable members of the human family who cannot do so in their own defense.
New report urges congregations to aid family caregivers
By Adelle M. Banks — June 17, 2019
(RNS) — The report recommends that houses of worship provide volunteers who can help care recipients navigate their health decisions or give respite to caregivers.
How Lent prepares us for what is lost
By Kate Bowler — March 14, 2019
(RNS) — What happens when an accident, old age or illness robs loved ones of their memory, and we forget that they are a child of God?
Dementia and religion: Do’s and don’ts
By Adelle M. Banks — January 17, 2019
(RNS) — Here are some basic do’s and don’ts from experts on how congregations and individuals can help and not hurt people with dementia and their caregivers.
Till death (or illness or dementia) us do part?
By Tracy Gordon — February 8, 2012
(RNS) When the person you married goes through a dramatic change -- a car accident, brain injury or dementia -- what's a spouse to do? As Valentine's Day approaches, clergy, ethicists and brain injury experts agree: There are no easy answers. By Adelle M. Banks.
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