Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-199) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Aging today: understanding a dramatic feature of our world -- Two models of long-term care: the Community of Sant-Egidio and the Green House Project -- The elderly in the Bible -- Discipleship, the church, and the elderly -- Responding to a dramatic feature: witness, dialogue, and cooperation -- Meeting the challenge of long-term care: a question for us all.