Spirituality In Aging
Aging & Spirituality
Wanda VonFumetti
Aspen University:
N492: Community Health Nursing I
March 20, 2017 Spirituality and age? Interest in spirituality in the aging population as increased overwhelmingly in recent years. Perhaps one reason is the growing evidence that there are measurably positive health benefits and outcomes that can be traced to spirituality and participating in religious activity. Increases in life expectancy along with a culture of long periods of retirement, gives our older population time to consider and embrace spirituality of one sort or another.
Spirituality and understanding its role in aging has become a priority to some in the health care industry. One’s spirituality can affect how one addresses loss of …show more content…
Jim noted that it would be interesting if there were future research that explored how the religion and health relationship might change over time. Explore whether certain services could be designed to help religion encourage or improve health and well being. I find it very interesting that we are returning to the idea that faith and religion may be of assistance in the care of our patients.
This following a period when very little in the health field has considered spirituality and in fact many hospitals are closing or at best ignoring hospital chapels and chaplains. This has set up an every person for themselves situation. If a patient wants any spiritual guidance or assistance, typically they are on their own to find and initiate the process.
Much of the information above may give us some insight in considering the similarities and differences of spirituality plays in enhancing the quality of life for two older adults, one a healthy person aged 85 and the other person aged 68 with a chronic cardiac condition.
While each individual deals with health, spirituality and end of life issues very differently, considering the research and reading available today, there are some predictions and generalizations that can be made for each of these two folks. I believe it is likely that there are plenty of both similarities and differences between the …show more content…
Many of these same folks with a strong faith in God, are ready to move on to ‘go home’. They are looking forward to reuniting with family members and friends and meeting and speaking with Jesus and God. There is a very visible calmness about these folks, content in what is coming. Most if any sadness I have seen is the older they get, the more likely it is that they have had many friends and family members leave them to go on. At this age, it is likely that they actually have seen their children pass and want to reunite with
Wanda VonFumetti
Aspen University:
N492: Community Health Nursing I
March 20, 2017 Spirituality and age? Interest in spirituality in the aging population as increased overwhelmingly in recent years. Perhaps one reason is the growing evidence that there are measurably positive health benefits and outcomes that can be traced to spirituality and participating in religious activity. Increases in life expectancy along with a culture of long periods of retirement, gives our older population time to consider and embrace spirituality of one sort or another.
Spirituality and understanding its role in aging has become a priority to some in the health care industry. One’s spirituality can affect how one addresses loss of …show more content…
Jim noted that it would be interesting if there were future research that explored how the religion and health relationship might change over time. Explore whether certain services could be designed to help religion encourage or improve health and well being. I find it very interesting that we are returning to the idea that faith and religion may be of assistance in the care of our patients.
This following a period when very little in the health field has considered spirituality and in fact many hospitals are closing or at best ignoring hospital chapels and chaplains. This has set up an every person for themselves situation. If a patient wants any spiritual guidance or assistance, typically they are on their own to find and initiate the process.
Much of the information above may give us some insight in considering the similarities and differences of spirituality plays in enhancing the quality of life for two older adults, one a healthy person aged 85 and the other person aged 68 with a chronic cardiac condition.
While each individual deals with health, spirituality and end of life issues very differently, considering the research and reading available today, there are some predictions and generalizations that can be made for each of these two folks. I believe it is likely that there are plenty of both similarities and differences between the …show more content…
Many of these same folks with a strong faith in God, are ready to move on to ‘go home’. They are looking forward to reuniting with family members and friends and meeting and speaking with Jesus and God. There is a very visible calmness about these folks, content in what is coming. Most if any sadness I have seen is the older they get, the more likely it is that they have had many friends and family members leave them to go on. At this age, it is likely that they actually have seen their children pass and want to reunite with