The Role of Religion, Spirituality and/or Belief in Positive Ageing for Older Adults
The Role of Religion, Spirituality and/or Belief in Positive Ageing for Older Adults
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DOI：
10.3390/geriatrics3020028
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发表时间：
2018-06-01
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影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Dadswell, Anna
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作者：
Malone, Joanna;Dadswell, Anna
(1)背景：积极老龄化的概念作为一种更好地理解世界各地老年人生活的方法正在得到认可。积极老龄化包括老年人应对与衰老相关的生活挑战的各种方式，以及某些方法如何使老年人以更积极的方式衰老。本文通过研究宗教，精神和/或信仰在积极老龄化方面的作用，为该领域做出了贡献；(2)方法：对居住在伦敦西部的14名老年人进行定性焦点小组调查，探讨宗教、灵性和/或信仰在他们日常生活中的作用和重要性，以及如何将其纳入积极老龄化的理念；(3)结果发现：宗教、灵性和/或信仰在老年人的日常生活中发挥着多种作用，包括在困难时期成为力量、安慰和希望的来源，并带来社区意识和归属感；(4)结论：本文认为，宗教、精神和/或信仰应包括在积极老龄化的文献中，并被视为一种支持（以及其他多种支持），帮助老年人在面临许多老龄化挑战的情况下积极生活。
(1) Background: The concept of positive ageing is gaining recognition as an approach to better understand the lives of older adults throughout the world. Positive ageing encompasses the various ways in which older adults approach life challenges associated with ageing and how certain approaches allow older adults to age in a more positive way. This paper makes a contribution to the field by examining the role of religion, spirituality and/or belief in relation to positive ageing; (2) Methods: Qualitative focus groups with 14 older adults living in West London explored the role and importance religion, spirituality and/or belief held in their everyday lives and how this could be incorporated into the idea of positive ageing; (3) Results: Religion, spirituality and/or belief were found to play a number of roles in the everyday lives of the older adults, including being a source of strength, comfort and hope in difficult times and bringing about a sense of community and belonging; (4) Conclusion: This paper argues that religion, spirituality and/or belief should be included within positive ageing literature and be viewed as a type of support (amongst multiple others) that helps older adults to live positive lives despite the many challenges of ageing.