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Still Caring - Acknowledgments
Still Caring - Acknowledgments
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
Acknowledgements Still Caring Christian meditations and prayers One evening at church, I noticed that a friend was weeping. She had been having a really rough time trying to care at home for her husband after a spell in hospital. Now she was at the end of her tether and strugglin…
Still Caring - About the author
Still Caring - About the author
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
About the author Still Caring Christian meditations and prayers When Dorothy M. Stewart’s husband was diagnosed with frontal lobe dementia in 2007, she became his sole full-time carer. Her book, One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers, published by SPCK in 2010, is the fruit of…
Still Caring - Introduction
Still Caring - Introduction
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
Introduction I wrote One Day at a Time when I was relatively new to the business of caring at home for someone with dementia. Unable to find any Christian material to help me, I found myself writing my own and it seems to have helped others in the same position...
Still Caring - You in your small corner
Still Caring - You in your small corner
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
33 You in your small corner Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. (Romans 15.7) It had been a perfectly amicable visit. We had coffee and he chatted. I heard about the good food and excellent chef at the residential facility where…
Still Caring - Changing roles
Still Caring - Changing roles
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
13 Changing roles From [Christ] the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. (Ephesians 4.16) ‘You’ve got your life back.’ So my well-meaning friends said when they heard that my husband was…
Still Caring - All about clothes
Still Caring - All about clothes
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
19 All about clothes And why do you worry about clothes? ...............................(Matthew 6.28) At first, delegating your loved one’s laundry is a great blessing and a genuine weight off your shoulders. It comes at a price, of course: the necessity of labelling clothes...
Still Caring - Arm's length
Still Caring - Arm's length
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
9 Arm’s length For what do they care about the families they leave behind? .........(Job 21.21) My friend used to drive two hours each way to check on her widowed father, almost blind, pretty shaky but determined to continue living in his own home. The cost to her was not simply …
Still Caring - I want to go home
Still Caring - I want to go home
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
22 I want to go home My people will live in peaceful dwelling-places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. (Isaiah 32.18) Probably the hardest thing to deal with is when your loved one asks, ‘When can I go home?’ Or even worse, says, ‘I want to come home!’ My husband u…
Still Caring - I give up
Still Caring - I give up
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
12 I give up But a Samaritan . . . took pity on him. He . . . bandaged his wounds. . . . Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I …
Still Caring - How much is enough?
Still Caring - How much is enough?
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
18 How much is enough? I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete......................................................................... (2 John 1.12b) In the very early days, when your loved one is settling in to life in residential car…
Still Caring - False impressions
Still Caring - False impressions
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
31 False impressions We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. (Romans 15.1) We were having our usual weekly outing and stopped in a local shop. It was quite busy and among the customers were two women I knew. One greeted us cheerf…
Still Caring - Finding your peace
Still Caring - Finding your peace
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
15 Finding your peace If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. (Romans 12.18) Not all residents of care homes are loved ones. Old age, dementia and dependency do not suddenly transform people into loving dads mothers or husbands/wives. And inst…
Still Caring - Knowledge is power
Still Caring - Knowledge is power
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
7 Knowledge is power Teach me knowledge and good judgment……………………… (Psalm 119.66) Most private residential homes produce glossy brochures with attractive photographs and glowing descriptions of the care they aim to provide. It looks so perfect. But of course it’s meant to. Homes …
Still Caring - Once more on the roller coaster
Still Caring - Once more on the roller coaster
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
27 Once more on the roller coaster I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation . . . I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4.12b, 13) Today’s changeable weather – sunshine then showers then more sunshine – has mirrored our day…
Still Caring - No more Lone Ranger
Still Caring - No more Lone Ranger
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
25 No more Lone Ranger Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. (Hebrews 13.16) Friday is the day when I visit and take my husband out for the day. But I won’t be doing that today. Some of his family have come on holiday for a we…
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