Bøger af Patricia Kolb

As this journey begins there is pure joy in trusting the Lord and there is the sadness in loosing loved ones. You might think you are drawing closer to the Lord but it is a whole new experience when He tells you "You are going to die this year."Daily surrendering all is so real and the joy is unspeakable. I identify with Isaac as he trusted his father as he lead him unto death. Genesis 22:12 and the Israelites as they are being lead out of Egypt by God as the pillar of a cloud. Exodus 13:21. This journey is full of life experiences that everyone can identify with, learn from and be blessed by.My prayer is if you do not have a personal relationship with the Lord that you will acquire a thirst, in deed, to know more about Him. "Seek and you shall find."

Almost forty percent of American adults age sixty-five and over spend some time in a nursing home, and residents in nursing homes will be increasingly diverse racially and ethnically because of changing demographics. The decision to place a family member in a nursing home is often extremely difficult, especially when the family belongs to a group with a strong tradition of filial responsibility. Despite these realities, little has been written about the stresses families of diverse cultural backgrounds experience in making this challenging decision. This book describes the experiences of seventy-five African American and Afro-Caribbean, white Jewish, and Latina/o residents and their relatives and friends who have been their caregivers. Integrating original qualitative research with quantitative data and theoretical perspectives and findings from other studies, Patricia Kolb not only presents new perspectives on how caregiving varies across racial and ethnic backgrounds but also dispels numerous stereotypes about nursing home placement among diverse groups.