Overview

Know an elderly person who needs a little encouragement? Best-selling author Missy Buchanan, an older adult advocate and a former creativity educator, offers you a bounty of ideas for lifting the spirits of older adults. Her passion for and sensitivity to the needs of elderly persons shine through in this practical book that's packed with simple, creative ways to boost the joy of older adults. Joy Boosters is perfect for families and friends of older adults, caregivers, senior residence facilities, and churches that want to minister effectively to older adults. Don't miss the opportunity to make someone's day...or week.

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Joy Boosters is packed with practical ideas and is a valuable resource for anyone who works with and cares about older adults. Missy Buchanan invites us to deepen our relationships with older adults through reshaping our everyday life moments into joyous opportunities. -- Joel Wrobbel, Host, Journey Through Aging radio program, a radio ministry of the Ohio Presbyterian submitted endorsement

Joy Boosters is packed with practical ideas and is a valuable resource for anyone who works with and cares about older adults. Missy Buchanan invites us to deepen our relationships with older adults through reshaping our everyday life moments into joyous opportunities. -- Joel Wrobbel, Host, Journey Through Aging radio program, a radio ministry of the Ohio Presbyterian submitted endorsement So often we hold back from interacting with older adults because we don't know how to relate or don't know what to say. This book by Missy Buchanan has taken away our excuses. The creative and doable activities gathered here give us new ways of connecting and being present with the older adults in our families, churches, and communities. -- Rev. Nancy Gordon, Director, California Lutheran Homes Center for Spirituality and Aging submitted endorsement

Author Information

Missy Buchanan, an advocate for older adults, is an internationally recognized author and speaker on issues of aging faithfully. With thousands of followers on Twitter and Facebook, Buchanan provides daily insight and encouragement for the journey of aging. She enjoys weekly visits (digital visits and phone calls during the COVID pandemic) with older adult friends in senior living communities. Buchanan is the author of multiple books, a devotional calendar, and a devotional journal. She lives with her husband, Barry, in Rockwall, TX. They have three adult children and four grandchildren.

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