CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The spring 2000 edition of MOSAIC, the video magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), focuses specifically on elder care and includes segments on the "sandwich" generation, care options and planning. The spring edition will be available March 1, and includes these stories:
+ "The Sandwich Generation: In-Between Care Givers": This segment focuses on Americans who must provide care for aging relatives as well as their own children. MOSAIC visited two sandwich-generation families in Nebraska, plus representatives of a Missouri social service agency, a Pennsylvania congregation and the director of the ELCA's Age Span Ministries. + "Three Options": With the help of Lutheran Services in America, MOSAIC looks at three options for elder care including home health and respite care for those in their homes, and long-term care outside the home. Featured are an occupational therapist and a family who adapted their home for respite care. The segment also includes an Illinois ecumenical center that provides daily support services for elderly people and respite for primary caregivers, plus a Minnesota continuing-care retirement community in partnership with 32 ELCA congregations. + "It's Time to Talk": In this segment, MOSAIC explores planning for elder care. The segment includes a visit to a health care agency and a visit to a congregation that includes a "congregational health advocate" on staff. Also featured is a United Church of Christ institution that provides regular public elder-care preparation seminars. MOSAIC is produced by the ELCA Department for Communication. It is intended for educational use in a variety of congregational settings including Sunday School classes, adult forums, youth groups, women's and men's groups, new member classes, church council meetings, committee meetings and other organizational meetings. Each issue includes a user's guide, with a synopsis of each segment and discussion questions. MOSAIC is issued quarterly. Annual subscriptions are available through the ELCA Department for Communication.
Editors: Specific information about MOSAIC subscriptions and the
contents of each issue are available on the World Wide Web at
www.elca.org/co/mosaic or by contacting the ELCA Department for
Communication by phone at 800/638-3522 ext. 6009. Digital photographs
that accompany each story can be requested by e-mail to mosaic@elca.org
or by phone.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or NEWS@ELCA.ORG
http://listserv.elca.org/archives/elcanews.html
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About the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 2.8 million members in more than 8,500 worshiping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region. Known as the church of "God's work. Our hands.," the ELCA emphasizes the saving grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, unity among Christians and service in the world. The ELCA's roots are in the writings of the German church reformer Martin Luther.
For information contact:
Candice Hill Buchbinder
Public Relations Manager
Candice.HillBuchbinder@ELCA.org
