Spiritual care for Alzheimer's patients
Alzheimer's disease can be counted among the cruelest of ailments — an incurable illness that robs its victims of priceless memories and pains the hearts of faithful loved ones.
But many who work with a group of LDS patients at an Alzheimer's care center here say the disease cannot penetrate the spirit. The lessons of the gospel, they insist, can still uplift and bring peace and joy to those who suffer.
The Relief Society and priesthood leaders assigned to the Orchard Cove (care center) Branch have enlisted equal parts ingenuity and inspiration to help provide spiritual sustenance for care center residents.
Read the full story via MormonTimes.com.
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