Meeting The Holistic Care Needs of Catholic Sisters In Care Facilities Today

I am a Roman Catholic Sister and am committed to the care of religious sisters across the world who live with or care for their members living with different forms of cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease and dementia.I am a Program Officer at The Anna Trust Foundation, a new Catholic foundation dedicated to addressing the needs of elderly Catholic sisters globally.Currently there are there are 700,000 Catholic sisters in the world, most serving the poorest among us.As with all populations, a percentage will develop dementia as they age.The focus of our work at the ANNA TRUST COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT PROJECT is to offer high quality research based professional care, education and support to sisters living with any form of dementia in any area of the world.We believe that appropriate care is wholistic, involving not just biomedical support, but spirituality, and personal accompaniment that witnesses to the healing, liberating and empowering love of Jesus and empowers sisters to live out their religious lives with grace and dignity.