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Congregation-based services for the elders — an examination of patterns and correlates
Author(s)	Jenny Trinitapoli
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 27, no 2, March 2005
Pages	pp 241-264
Source	http://www.sagepub.com
Keywords	Pastoral care ; Services ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	This article uses data from the 1998 National Congregational Study, a nationally representative sample of religious congregations in the US, to provide an overview of church-based services for their elders. The first goal is to describe the prevalence of formal and informal services for this population; the second is to examine the types of services being offered, paying particular attention to the prevalence of health-related programmes for elders. Logistic regression is then used to identify characteristics of congregations that do provide such services. The analyses show that religious congregations offer these services at lower levels than previous studies have led us to expect. Furthermore, few of the programmes offered relate to health promotion. In examining correlates of sponsorship, churches that are active in other types of programmes are most likely to offer services for older people. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050504218 A
Classmark	OW: I: 3F: 7T
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