Part 3 of the Ministry List
If you have a heart for the Elderly:
~ Become a driver for some of the elderly people you know. Many times when a person gets older their vision changes and they don’t feel comfortable driving around anymore.
You could drive them to the store, doctor appointments or just around town.
~ Help out with cleaning around their house or go the store for them (sometimes places like Home-Health won’t do this). My Great-Grandma has trouble getting around because of a bad leg, so housework, laundry, etc. is hard for her to accomplish.
She lives over 3 hours away, so I can’t help her with this. But, if she were closer, I definitely would!
~ Even just being a companion to an elderly person, is such a blessing to them! I love to listen to them talk about their lives when they were younger. You can learn so much from them. And what a great way to practice Titus 2!
~ Volunteer at a nursing home or at a home for people with Alzheimers. Many times these place are packed full and the nursing staff isn’t able to take time to visit with the patients all the time. So having someone come in who enjoys visiting with them is a great blessing to the staff and the patients!
~Sometimes these faculties are quite short on money and time that they don’t have the funds to update the paint, magazines or wall decorations. Becoming a volunteer is a great way to help with this. At the Alzheimers home we have in town, the planting boxes outside are broken and the plants were dying, the magazines had been there for a very long time too. The fish tank they have in the foyer is in need of monthly cleaning also. So, my family is thinking about asking if we could come in and help out with those things.
~At the nursing home, you could also volunteer to do the lady’s hair and nails. I know it means a lot to them to look nice and it makes them feel special too!
~ Reading to the elderly is another way to bless them! I can’t imagine life without reading books, but as people get older sometimes it gets harder and harder to see small words.
If you have any other ideas on howto bless the elderly please leave a comment!
Or if you thought it was helpful let me know!
For Tomorrow: If you have a heart to help out Mommas
.JPG)
2 comments:
I love it! I clean houses for a little extra money and some of my favorite jobs have been for elderly widows. The one job that I helped my sister-in-law with is legally blind and she likes us to take her to get her groceries and then she pays for our supper. Even though it's not the best paying job, it's the most rewarding! You have a lot of really good ideas and I enjoyed reading them.
Lovely thoughts... I used to live in a city where there were 60% senior citizens, my children were young and it was an inspiration to have a ready made curricullum to help them learn to visit the weak in age... one idea we did was go over to an elderly man's home when he was starting tomatoes indoors. He grew up on a tomato farm, here in the city he was keeping up the traditions in a small way. His delight was to give plants, plant plants, and share the harvest on a small scale. Doing what the elderly like to do is one way to reach out to them.
Post a Comment