Pub Date : 2021-05-05DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.1920551
H. Wade, Richard House
ABSTRACT NHS policy stipulates that clinicians must provide spiritual care for older people with mental health problems in UK hospitals, however little qualitative research has focused upon this. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to explore how clinicians understand ‘spirituality’ and operationalise ‘spiritual care’. A spectrum of understanding and value was found, with most participants asserting that they already meet most patients’ spiritual needs via person-centred care. Systemic problems were identified as influencing the NHS spiritual care agenda and psychological theory was applied to better understand the barriers towards providing spiritual care. Finally, recommendations to enhance clinical practice were made.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.1914803
Angela U. Ekwonye, S. Gerdes
ABSTRACT This pilot study explored the effectiveness of virtual compassionate presence (CP) sessions in reducing loneliness and isolation among assisted-living older adults. Twenty-two older adults participated in 10-week virtual CP sessions facilitated by college students. We conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with participants post-intervention. Participants reported a decreased feeling of loneliness, improved mood, and increased feeling of self-worth. The deep connections between the student facilitators and older adults seemed to enhance the older adults’ sense of meaning in life, easing their loneliness and isolation during this pandemic. A few participants reported improved memory. The findings support the need to promote programs that provide a space for older adults to share their life stories and experiences with the younger generation. Such interaction could enhance older adults’ mood, increase their sense of generativity and meaning, and positive feelings between the two generations.
{"title":"Exploring the effectiveness of virtual compassionate presence sessions in reducing loneliness and isolation among assisted-living older adults: a pilot study","authors":"Angela U. Ekwonye, S. Gerdes","doi":"10.1080/15528030.2021.1914803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2021.1914803","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This pilot study explored the effectiveness of virtual compassionate presence (CP) sessions in reducing loneliness and isolation among assisted-living older adults. Twenty-two older adults participated in 10-week virtual CP sessions facilitated by college students. We conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with participants post-intervention. Participants reported a decreased feeling of loneliness, improved mood, and increased feeling of self-worth. The deep connections between the student facilitators and older adults seemed to enhance the older adults’ sense of meaning in life, easing their loneliness and isolation during this pandemic. A few participants reported improved memory. The findings support the need to promote programs that provide a space for older adults to share their life stories and experiences with the younger generation. Such interaction could enhance older adults’ mood, increase their sense of generativity and meaning, and positive feelings between the two generations.","PeriodicalId":44539,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75988173","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}
Pub Date : 2021-04-12DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.1913467
Bernadene Erasmus, P. Morey, P. Williams, Bruce Manners
ABSTRACT The rising tide of aged citizens globally suggests a compelling argument for increased understanding of factors impacting aging and retirement. Extended insight into the well-being of lesser studied groups offer suggestions to potentially enhance future planning for aging citizens. A study exploring the experience of clergy in Australia and New Zealand suggests a substantive theory on retirement in this context. A grounded study approach was adopted as best fit. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 42 retired clergy and their wives. Findings suggest the underpinning role of spirituality in the primary elements of; choice, flexibility and connectivity as factors impacting the well-being of faith-based retirees in this context.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-12DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.1913468
J. Patrick, Laura E. Bernstein, H. R. Moore
ABSTRACT Latent growth curve models tested associations among age, four sources of religious doubt and emotional wellbeing. Adults (N = 179, men age = 37.9 yrs) completed three waves of data collection over a two-year period. Older age was associated with lower initial levels of life satisfaction (b = -.103) and lower initial positive affect (b = -.047) and faster decline in positive affect (b = .028). Age was not significantly associated with initial levels of negative affect. Higher doubts related to the benevolence of God affected initial levels of life satisfaction and positive affect. Only doubts related to felt pressures from one’s religious community influenced initial levels and rates of increase over time in negative affect. Drawing on Socioemotional Selectivity Theory and gerotranscendence theory, findings suggest that age and sources religious doubt differentially influence a range of wellbeing outcomes, exacerbating negative affect.
{"title":"Examining the longitudinal influences of age and sources of religious doubt on wellbeing","authors":"J. Patrick, Laura E. Bernstein, H. R. Moore","doi":"10.1080/15528030.2021.1913468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2021.1913468","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Latent growth curve models tested associations among age, four sources of religious doubt and emotional wellbeing. Adults (N = 179, men age = 37.9 yrs) completed three waves of data collection over a two-year period. Older age was associated with lower initial levels of life satisfaction (b = -.103) and lower initial positive affect (b = -.047) and faster decline in positive affect (b = .028). Age was not significantly associated with initial levels of negative affect. Higher doubts related to the benevolence of God affected initial levels of life satisfaction and positive affect. Only doubts related to felt pressures from one’s religious community influenced initial levels and rates of increase over time in negative affect. Drawing on Socioemotional Selectivity Theory and gerotranscendence theory, findings suggest that age and sources religious doubt differentially influence a range of wellbeing outcomes, exacerbating negative affect.","PeriodicalId":44539,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85020998","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}
Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2020.1866295
J. Ellor
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Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2020.1866294
Elizabeth MacKinlay, A. Harrington
The papers published in this special edition of the JRSA are based on oral papers presented at the eighth International Conference on Ageing and Spirituality, October 2019, Canberra, Australia. The theme for this conference was: ‘Changing Cultures of Ageing and Spirituality’. The conference was held back in Canberra, almost 20 years from the date of the first conference in this series. It was a time of excitement, of delegates some who had attended most of this conference in various parts of the world, reminiscing on that first conference in January 2000. There was a new band of practitioners and scholars, learning and growing in their respective disciplines. All were united in their quest for knowledge and sharing, researching and providing care for older people. At the time of writing, we reflect that this conference was held just prior to the beginning of the worst bushfire season experienced in living memory, dubbed ‘Black Summer’ in Eastern Australia, followed rapidly by the pandemic of Covid19. In this context, the authors of papers have worked to bring their particular knowledge and experiences of ageing and spirituality from practice, academic and research backgrounds. This collection of papers was dreamed up before the fires and pandemic, so the manuscripts contain little on these topics that have invaded most of our waking moments for most of this year. Perhaps the writing of these papers may have been a welcome distraction for some, a looking back to how things were. The papers present a great variety of perspectives on the conference theme. We could ask, what is there in the papers that we have learned in those 20 years since 2000? In the final years of the twentieth century, we wondered if there was sufficient knowledge and scholarship existing in the field of ageing and spirituality, to invite people to that first conference. Those were early days, and at that time, few ventured to define the parameters of spirituality. There were many who were even hesitant to speak of spirituality, rather preferring to use the term religion, or religiosity. Much of the practice of pastoral care and chaplaincy had been set in the decades prior to the year 2000, and practice often focused on the work of respected pastoral thinkers and writers. There was little that brought both ageing and the spiritual together; the special issue of the JRSA that was published from that very first conference was titled, very broadly: Aging, Spirituality and Pastoral Care: A Multinational Perspective. So, we might ask, what has changed? Change has been seen in the increased body of research that has focused on the nature of spirituality, and JOURNAL OF RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY & AGING 2021, VOL. 33, NO. 2, 97–99 https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2020.1866294
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Pub Date : 2021-03-31DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.1902455
R. Frey, D. Balmer
ABSTRACT Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore the constituents of spirituality for six residential aged care residents and six bereaved family members. Transcripts were analysed thematically and mapped to Lartey’s integrated dimensions of spirituality. Findings suggest that spirituality is best described through the lens of connection, whether with the transcendent (religious belief), in oneself (identity), with another (family support), with a group (religion), or with space (RAC descriptor). The findings of this study highlight the importance of creating a balance between biomedical and spiritual aspects of care in RAC especially for culturally diverse residents and families.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-28DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.1894627
M. Durmuş, Erkan Durar
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to determine the relationship between spiritual well-being levels and coronavirus fear levels of individuals over 65 years old during the COVID-19 outbreak. The study adopted a cross-sectional and corelational design. The research was conducted between July 1–30 in the city of Muş in Turkey’s Eastern Anatolia Region. The universe of the study consisted of 1780 individuals over 65 years old enrolled in a family practice center located in the city center between the specified dates. Personal information form, Spiritual Well-being Scale (FACIT-Sp) and Coronavirus Phobia Scale (C19P-S) were used to collect data. Data coding and analysis were performed in the computer environment with SPSS 25 package program. Analysis of data used number, mean, percentage distribution and Pearson correlation analysis. Participants had mean total points for the spiritual well-being scale of 28.61 ± 5.54, with mean coronavirus fear points of 59.66 ± 15.40. There was a moderate level correlation between spiritual well-being and coronavirus fear in individuals, with meaning and belief levels above the mean. Individuals with chronic disease had psychological fear levels above the mean, with somatic, economic and social fear levels below the mean. A significant negative relationship was found not only between the spiritual meaning sub-dimension and individuals’ fear of coronavirus but also between the peace sub-dimension and their fear of coronavirus. The data show that as individuals’ spirituality increases, their fear of coronavirus levels decrease.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-28DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.1891187
George Randall, A. Bishop, Sydney Bellah
ABSTRACT The study tested a portion of the Oklahoma Aging Inmate Forgiveness Model predicting religiosity would be positively and significantly associated with the mediator, forgiveness (self, other, and situation), and the mental health outcome, valuation of life. Further, the study asked, “Does crime type moderate the relationships in the model?” Cross-sectional data from 249 older male inmates affirmed that religiosity and forgiveness matters for participant mental health. Discussion focuses on the fact that not one size fits all. Inmates and their unique backgrounds, crime type, and various assessments, present opportunities for needed psychological, religious, and forgiveness involvement, training, and therapeutic intervention.
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Pub Date : 2021-02-22DOI: 10.1080/15528030.2021.1883498
Nadia Firdausya, A. Bishop, J. Grice
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the attribution of faith relative to patterns in life satisfaction among centenarians. Data for this investigation originated from N = 106 centenarians who participated in the Oklahoma 100 Year Life Project. Observation Oriented Modeling (OOM) was utilized to evaluate the patterns within life satisfaction data. Findings revealed no noticeable differences in life satisfaction of centenarians representing the two groups; those who attributed their longevity to faith and those who attributed their longevity to something other than faith. However, pattern change was evident over time. Those who attributed their longevity to faith reported an increase in life satisfaction over time. In comparison, those who attributed their longevity to something other than faith reported a decrease in life satisfaction. Interestingly, long-term survivors were exclusive to those who attributed their longevity to something other than faith. Results suggest that individual acknowledgment of faith as an attributed reason for living an exceptionally long time appears to have a connection to improved patterns of feeling satisfied with life. This may be particularly true among centenarians who are near the end-of-life. Implications for clergy, pastoral counselors, and faith-based ministers interacting with long-lived adults are highlighted.
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