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Diversity in older age: minority religions
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR POLICY ON AGEING
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- London
This review summarises findings from selected literature and statistics on older people belonging to minority religious groups. It is one of a series of rapid reviews commissioned by Age UK into the diversity that exists in the older population and the inequalities faced by specific groups of older people. It includes a demographic overview, a breakdown of minority beliefs in older age, the work of minority faith-based organisations in providing welfare support, end of life care, and attitudes to religious minorities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Rural African American clergy: are they literate on late-life depression?
- Authors:
- STANSBURY Kim L., BROWN-HUGHES Travonia, HARLEY Debra A.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 13(1), January 2009, pp.9-16.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This exploratory study examined rural African American clergy's knowledge of and experience in providing support to African American elders with late-life depression. Interviews were conducted with nine African American clergy who oversaw rural churches in central Kentucky. A conceptual framework was used to explore participants' knowledge of late-life depression. Although few clergy had direct experience with counselling a depressed older adult, all the clergy were considered literate regarding late-life depression and its treatment. These findings have implications for social workers building collaborative community treatment relationships.
Faith and health: meanings of faith for Chinese elders with diverse religious backgrounds
- Authors:
- ZHAN Heying Jenny, LUO Baozhen, ZHANG Gehui
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing International, 38(4), 2013, pp.343-363.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
This paper examines the relationship between religious faith and health among immigrant Chinese older adults. A sample of 30 immigrant Chinese older adults was drawn from Christian churches, Buddhist temples, and Falungong activity centers to study their different attitudes and behaviors regarding illness and health. Findings revealed differences in explanations for causes of illness based on religious backgrounds. Buddhist and Christian elders showed little behavioral difference in health and medical treatments. Falungong believers emphasized faith and exercise in healing. We argue that religious faith can be both a health-promotion and health-risk factor. A lack of social services and health care benefits for Asian immigrant elders could lead to various faith-related activities, which could negatively affect elders’ health and wellbeing. (Publisher abstract)
African-American urban clergy's literacy of Alzheimer's disease
- Authors:
- STANSBURY Kim L., HARLEY Debra A., BROWN-HUGHES Travonia
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 8(3), May 2010, pp.254-266.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study aimed to determine urban African-American clergy's awareness of Alzheimer's disease, and their willingness to provide support to elders and their family/caregivers. Interviews were conducted with 9 African-American clergy who presided over churches in central Kentucky. Findings showed that all clergy had previous experience providing pastoral care to adults with Alzheimer's disease and were literate regarding its treatment. The clergy were all able to identify risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease, such as age, diet, genetics, lifestyle choices, diabetes and hypertension. The clergy also acknowledged that Alzheimer's was an incurable degenerative disease. Endorsement of professional help was unanimous, because they felt they could offer no more than emotional support. A majority of participants were knowledgeable about various health and mental health agencies, but were unfamiliar with the process of navigating them. In conclusion, the authors suggest that collaboration between government, educational, and faith based programmes could foster interventions that are effective in meeting the needs of diverse populations of Alzheimer's sufferers.
Functional limitations and religious service attendance among African American and White older adults
- Author:
- ROFF Lucinda Lee
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Work, 31(4), November 2006, pp.246-255.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Church attendance is associated with improved health and well-being among older adults, but older adults with functional limitations may have difficulty attending church services. This article examines differences in the association between functional limitations and church attendance in a sample of 987 elderly African American and white individuals. African American and white elderly people without limitations attended church at virtually the same rate (69 percent). Despite their higher scores on religiousness measures, elderly African Americans with one or more limitations were significantly less likely to attend church regularly than were white counterparts. Health status measures did not help explain older African Americans' lower attendance rates. Differences in attendance were associated primarily with educational attainment and cognitive functioning. The article recommends social work intervention to reduce barriers to church attendance for older adults who want to attend services.
Religiousness/spirituality and subjective well-being among rural elderly whites, African Americans, and native Americans
- Authors:
- YOON Dong Pil, LEE Eun-Kyoung Othelia
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 10(1), 2004, pp.191-211.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Little attention has been paid to subjective well-being among non-White elderly in rural areas where medical resources and financial support are deficient. The present study assessed a rural community sample of 215 elderly comprising 85 Caucasians, 75 African Americans, and 55 Native Americans, to examine roles of spirituality/ religiousness on their subjective well-being. This study found ethnic differences in the reliance on religiosity/spirituality and a significant association between dimensions of religiousness/spirituality and subjective well-being among all ethnic rural elderly groups. The results of the study suggest that health providers, social workers, and faith communities need to provide rural elderly with religious and spiritual support in order to enhance their life satisfaction and lessen their emotional distress. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Ministers' perceptions of foster care, adoptions, and the role of the black Church
- Authors:
- SINGLETON Sharron M., ROSEMAN Fay
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 7(3), 2004, pp.79-91.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
Results from survey research of 51 Black ministers indicate that the Black church is potentially an untapped resource for the placement of African American children in permanent homes. The study population indicated knowledge of the need for African American foster care and adoptive families but did not include this need as part of the focus of work for their respective churches. Implications for additional research are highlighted. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Recruitment of older African Americans for survey research: a process evaluation of the community and church-based strategy in the Durham Elders Project
- Authors:
- REED Peter S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 43(1), February 2003, pp.52-61.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The disproportionately high burden of morbidity and mortality among older African Americans is due, in part, to a lack of understanding of the factors contributing to these outcomes. In order to more fully understand the factors that contribute to African American morbidity and mortality, researchers must identify strategies for increasing the inclusion of older African Americans in research on social and health phenomena. A strategy of coordinating a community research advisory board to incorporate the views of community members and to drive a church-based recruitment procedure provides a starting point for tapping into an immensely important segment of society historically ignored by the research community.
The effect of religious coping on caregiving appraisals of mothers of adults with developmental disabilities
- Authors:
- MILTIADES Helen B., PRUCHNO Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 42(1), February 2002, pp.82-91.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This American article explores the association between race and religious coping on caregiving appraisals for mothers who coreside with an adult child with mental retardation. Black women were more likely to use religious coping. Religious coping was associated with higher levels of caregiving satisfaction, but not with burden. Blacks experienced higher levels of caregiving satisfaction. Blacks also experienced higher levels of caregiving burden due to their poor health. The needs of Blacks should be considered when developing "best practices" in service provision. Culturally sensitive outreach approaches should not ignore the importance of faith and faith-based organisations in the lives of Blacks.
Ethnic integrative patterns of Singaporean very old persons
- Author:
- MEHTA Kalyani K.
- Journal article citation:
- Generations Review, 9(2), June 1999, pp.4-5.
- Publisher:
- British Society of Gerontology
This article looks at the ethnic dimensions of ageing, based on the author's qualitative research on 45 older Singaporeans. The study focuses on 3 major ethnic groups, Chinese, Malay and Indian. It identifies distinct ethnic patterns of the three groups where religion has a important function in preserving the self in old age.