With Faces to the Evening Sun: Faith Stories from the Nursing Home [Large Print]

So many people either bash nursing homes because of alleged horror stories of abuse of residents, or avoid them like the plague. I love this book because it shows the humanity of people who live there, and those who help them make this their HOME

I work with nursing home residents and often find myself trying to explain our work to family members. They don't seem to understand that good things happen here, as well as some of the bad things. Morgan's book shows the flip side of nursing homes....that it is a place of joy and courage, as well as a place of pain and suffering. I recommend this book to family members so they can get a better picture of what we do for this growing population of older people.

I have served as a chaplain in a Nursing Home and the unheralded heroes/heroines are the nursing assistants. Grossly unpaid, usually unappreciated, they do the "dirty" work that others avoid. Morgan's book is one I recommend to CNAs, so they can realize the value of their work as a ministry, not just a job. Many have told me that it helped affirm them, create a feeling of value in what they do, and make them feel more appreciated. For that reason it is a book caregivers need to have.

I am a minister who leads worship services at several nursing homes. I always search for ways to bring courage, comfort, and joy to the people who struggle to find hope while living there. This book glows with wise and inspiring meditations on numberous joys and struggles of living in a nursing home. It will serve as food for my messages for many months to come. These stories and reflections focus on the powerful issues facing people in the nursing home, and offer both wisdom and encouragement as the best of stories can do.

Too often people view nursing homes as doom andgloom, but this surprising book presents a morepositive picture of heroism, faith and humor in nursing homes. For residents a must, but alsofor caregivers to realize that their "work"is also a ministry.