sweetpeaches

That sounds exactly like the person I'm describing. The first time they meet anyone they start going on about god...these residents are the only people that listen....not that they seem to have much choice.

Hey...thanks for all the advice, unfortunately I happen to know the director of activities and the person coming in-they are family. I can't even begin to express the disappointment in knowing my own relatives would do something so selfish and disgusting. I'm going to report this anonymously. Really can't thank you all enough for taking the time to give your take on it.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. This is something that has been bothering me for some time as someone going into nursing. As a future nurse I wish to remain neutral. I think that I will be dropping the dime. This director of activities started out as a nursing aid and was handing out bibles then as well when there was no discussion of religion. This is not a religious home at all. There are many stories of neglect and these patients are looking for attention. And again, just to be clear, this man is not preaching generic religious beliefs but the religion of Kenneth Copeland and Orel Roberts, as well as his own. For someone like me, who plans on working long term geriatric, I would not want my grandparents put into a position like this.

I'm sorry, I should have been more descriptive in my first post. Thank you for taking the time to respond. First of all, my main problem with this is that this man is not a minister but is just a normal person coming and preaching. I happen to know this man and I am afraid of these people being taken advantage of and being influenced to send money to these televangelists. I would not be so upset about this if this man was a minister or had a religious background like that. This is not a religious service, this is simply a relative of the person that works there. Also, no other religion is being brought in and I feel that could be influencing these people even more so. This worker and her relative are even going as far as having these people repeat chants and and prayers. This person has arranged for each of these people to have a copy of the sinner's prayer hanging on the wall in their room. Even worse than that, this relative tells them that they only die if they lack faith and that they are healthy so they won't die. He is encouraging them to such an extent to stop taking medication.

I am a student planning to become a nurse. I happen to know someone working in a nursing home that is learning to become a director of activities and is currently working that position. Many of the residents at this home are very sick and many of them have severe mental illness's. From what this person has told me, one activity that is being held once a month is having a relative come in and preach to the residents. This relative is a follower of the teachings of Kenneth Copeland and Orel Roberts (who are televangelists). As far as I know, no other religious speakers have been welcomed to come and speak. I am absolutely disgusted at the thought of this person taking advantage of their position for personal beliefs and the ego of others. And not only that but, this is ok where she works. Am I making too much out of this, or is it as wrong as it seems?