The Correlate of Religion Involvement and Formal Service Use Among Community-Dwelling Elders

An Explorative Case of Naturally Occurring Retirement Community

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ID15434829
AuthorsMan Wai Alice Lun (Borough of Manhattan Community College, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume29
Issue3
Pages207-217
Publication date2010-08-09
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1542-6432 • E-ISSN: 1542-6440
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15426432.2010.495604
OpenAlexW2040580068
LanguageEN
References cited15

Spirituality and religion have become important topics in social work practice, especially in work with the terminally ill and the elderly. Understanding the impact of religion on formal service use gives insight to the significance of spirituality and religion in developing and delivering services to elderly persons. This study was to use the survey data conducted in a naturally occurring retirement community (NORC). The results indicate that attending religious services has an important negative relationship with formal service use after controlling all demographic and social factors. This study contributes to the growing research literature on older adults service use and deepens the perception of religion and attending religion services on the issue of spirituality and aging

Alternative medicine · Business · Community service · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Retirement community · Service (business · Sociology · Spirituality · Work (physics · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work · Gerontology · Marketing

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