{"title":"Grandparenting: A Bibliographic Review","authors":"H. Simmons","doi":"10.1300/J078V10N03_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J078V10N03_05","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"10 1","pages":"73-79"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J078V10N03_05","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66764311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health, Finances, Religious Involvement, and Life Satisfaction of Older Adults","authors":"David C. Morris","doi":"10.1300/J078V10N02_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J078V10N02_02","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examines the patterns and relationships between twelve independent variables and the expressed subjective well-being of older adults within that classic community setting of the Lynds' “Middletown.” The twelve variables include measures of church attendance, religious activity, religious conservatism/liberalism, subjective health status, social participation, importance of leisure, participation in physical activity, age, sex, marital status, and level of education.","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"10 1","pages":"3-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J078V10N02_02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66764087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contributing Factors That Influence the Elderly in Their Attitudes Toward Euthanasia","authors":"M. Himchak","doi":"10.1300/j078v10n02_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/j078v10n02_04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"51 1","pages":"29-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/j078v10n02_04","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66763781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Florence Gelo MDin, Linda O'Brien Rn, Ma., Bonnie C O'Connor
{"title":"Nursing Home Residents' Perception of the “Good Death”","authors":"Florence Gelo MDin, Linda O'Brien Rn, Ma., Bonnie C O'Connor","doi":"10.1300/J078V10N02_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J078V10N02_03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Little is known about the concept of the “good death” and its relationship to formal Christian religious belief. In this research, 15 nursing home residents participated in a semi-structured open-ended interview in which they were asked to describe their beliefs about the good death experience. This paper summarizes the most distinctive themes of one study of the impact, of formal religious belief on attitudes regarding the good death. The majority of interviewees defined a good death in terms of freedom from pain and suffering, and indicated that religious faith and prayer were important to them in coping with death and dying.","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"10 1","pages":"19-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J078V10N02_03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66763692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Institute of Spirituality and Aging: Identifying and Promoting Spiritual Values of Elders","authors":"Paul W Takayanagi","doi":"10.1300/J078V10N01_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J078V10N01_04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"10 1","pages":"37-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J078V10N01_04","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66763240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spirituality and Older Women: Exploring Meaning Through Story Telling","authors":"M. O'Brien","doi":"10.1300/J078V10N01_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J078V10N01_02","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The stories of thirty women, ages 60 to 80, members of an interfaith lay group of women, were gathered to explore their perceptions of spirituality. Several findings were consistent with those reported by contemporary women theologians: women's experiences and thus their stories are less linear and more cyclical in construction, often influencing their understandings of aging and death; spirituality frequently goes beyond traditional religious forms; and the essence of spirituality is found in the integration of religious tradition, personal experience and relationship to the world. Although a continuity of meaning and purpose existed over each one's lifetime, these women defined the critical task of later life as preparation for death, which was often interpreted in terms of oneness with nature, a view with implications for further theological understandings.","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"10 1","pages":"3-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J078V10N01_02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66763447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Chadiha, E. Proctor, N. Morrow-Howell, O. Darkwa, Peter Dore Ma
{"title":"Religiosity and Church-Based Assistance Among Chronically Ill African-American and White Elderly","authors":"L. Chadiha, E. Proctor, N. Morrow-Howell, O. Darkwa, Peter Dore Ma","doi":"10.1300/J078V10N01_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J078V10N01_03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examines religion and church-based assistance among 127 chronically ill African-American and white elderly persons hospitalized for congestive heart failure and discharged to home. Elders reported high levels of religiosity and prayer behavior; they reported low levels of church help received. Controlling for living arrangement, gender, social class and health in probit regression analyses, race was not a significant predictor of subjective religiosity, frequency of prayer, or level of church help received. Findings indicated a significant race-by-health interaction. Subjective religiosity was positively associated with health for whites but no relationship was found between religiosity and health for African-Americans. Further research is called for that replicates study findings on other elders with chronic illness.","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"10 1","pages":"17-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J078V10N01_03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66763524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Care for the Incapacitated Parent: A Case Study in Classic Jewish Family Norms","authors":"D. Schnall","doi":"10.1300/J078V09N04_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J078V09N04_04","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Classic Jewish sources suggest that many of the stresses families face today were common centuries ago, and evaluation of this tradition may offer helpful guidance to modern families striving to sort out relationships between parents and their adult children. This article presents (1) an overview of filial responsibility in general as understood in classic Jewish writings; (2) an examination of obligations of adult children toward their aged and infirm parents in particular; and (3) a consideration of insights and inferences from these classical writings that may be useful in the formulation of contemporary attitudes and policies toward the needs of the elderly.","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"9 1","pages":"27-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J078V09N04_04","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66763480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sense of Control Among Women Religious","authors":"J. M. Mercier, E. Powers","doi":"10.1300/J078V09N04_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J078V09N04_03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Sense of control was examined in a congregation of Catholic sisters ranging in age from 33 to 90. The sample size was 377. Age, educational level, career orientation, retirement status, health, self-esteem, coping ability, and support systems best explained sense of control. The older Catholic sisters in the congregation who no longer worked and who had some health limitations had lower self-esteem and, as a result, lesser sense of control than sisters who still worked and had fewer health limitations. Suggestions are made regarding enhancement of feelings of control.","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"9 1","pages":"7-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J078V09N04_03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66763401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eldercare and Support in the Church","authors":"M. Hogstel, Gail C. Davis EdD","doi":"10.1300/J078V09N04_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J078V09N04_05","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The major purpose of this study was to determine the current services provided by religious institutions in supporting their oldest members. Individuals representing 34 institutions in one southwestern metropolitan area were surveyed to determine support provided in four categories. Spiritual/counseling programs were more likely to be regularly planned programs than material/financial assistance or physical/health services, which were more likely to be offered on an as-needed basis. Most of the churches reported access for persons with disabilities. Study results were used to develop a model and make recommendations illustrating the religious institution's role in providing eldercare and support.","PeriodicalId":81692,"journal":{"name":"Journal of religious gerontology","volume":"9 1","pages":"43-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J078V09N04_05","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66763585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}