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Faith, aging and dementia
— experiences of Christian, Jewish and non-religious spousal caregivers and older adults | | Author(s) | Jon C Stuckey |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 2, no 3, October 2003 |
| Pages | pp 337-352 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Spouses as carers ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Attitude ; Christianity ; Judaism ; Agnosticism ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Research consistently documents positive relationships between religion, spirituality and outcomes relating to well-being. This study determines the degree to which spousal dementia caregivers and other older adults rely on religion and spirituality as coping resources. 52 Christian, Jewish and non-religious caregivers and a matched group of non-caregivers were interviewed. Qualitative data analysis yielded both common and distinctive themes for each of the three groups, suggesting that the search for meaning and purpose during stressful life events knows no religious or spiritual borders. Even among the non-religious and non-spiritual, purpose and meaning were found in other areas, including in caring for others, in friendships, or simply in the aesthetic joys of life. This paper was originally presented at a symposium entitled "Spirituality and dementia: the search for meaning amid loss" at the 54th annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America held in Chicago in November 2001. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031001204 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SN: EX: DP: TS: TUW: TRA: 3DP: 7T |
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