Faith Communities

MAAA recognizes the importance that faith plays in an older person's life.

Community Based Nurses & Faith Based Providers (pdf)
Two fliers in one file. The first flier explains the different community based nurses including faith based (parish), homecare, public health and living at home / block nurses. The second flier explains various faith based programs available for seniors including faith based (parish) nurses, health / care team ministries, Befrienders, Faith in Action and Stephen's Ministries.

Faith Community Nurse Network of the Twin Cities (Off Site)
The mission of the FCNN is to champion faith community nursing in the Twin Cities metropolitan area through education, networking, resource and program development, contributions to research, and leadership. Our efforts are focused on building and sustaining effective faith community nursing programs in congregations of all faith traditions and, in this way, bridging the gaps between the faith and health communities.

Parish Nurse Effectiveness Study (pdf)
The Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging received funds through the Community Service/Services Development grant program from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to analyze the interventions of parish nurses on older persons and discern their impact on health care costs. Using the DIARY methodology 75 parish nurses documented activities that often resulted in preventing the need for expensive acute or long-term health care while promoting independence and emotional well-being.

Care Team Ministry Replication Module (pdf)
Developed by the Normandale Ministry for Healing & Wholeness as a part of the Supporting Seniors Across Systems project, the module helps faith communities develop care team ministries.