Abstract

GOMEZ ALVAREZ, José Enrique. Spirituality and old age: community as an integrating factor. Med. ética [online]. 2024, vol.35, n.1, pp.170-206.  Epub Mar 30, 2024. ISSN 2594-2166.  https://doi.org/10.36105/mye.2024v35n1.04.

This article analyzes the role of spirituality in coping with old age. The proposal is to suggest that a committed institutional practice allows a better coping with old age, if the relevant social support networks are produced, and an authentic spirituality is lived in the community practice. Authentic spirituality is produced in this fusion of private and public religious practice. The article suggests after an analysis of the concepts of spirituality and religion the different coping strategies that are reinforced with the same religious practice. From there, suggestions are made for intervention in the religious sphere of community practice for the benefit of older adults.

Keywords : religion; coping strategies; social intervention.

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