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Here three gerontological professionals have combined their diverse backgrounds in a timely and urgently needed study of how religious institutions interact with their communities to provide care for the elderly. In an easily accessible and well-written text, actual and potential services are described, and ways of enhancing religious/agency collaboration are suggested. Data are presented from studies in four communities and in a variety of provider settings. The book begins with an overview of aging in modern society, followed by a discussion of the vital importance of spiritual well-being for elderly women and men today. The authors show how church and synagogue can provide services for elderly persons, highlighting ways in which intentions can be translated into programs. A second section identifies diverse categories of elderly persons in the community and their physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. It suggests opportunities for religious organizations to address these needs, particularly through collaboration with service agencies. Programs currently provided by synagogues and churches are detailed. A final section examines the benefits of institutions working together with service agencies on potential problem areas. It provides ways to enhance the partnership--from simple communication, to cooperation, coordination, collaboration, and even confederation. The book concludes with a useful model, developed from the authors original research, that can enhance interaction between churches and synagogues, and service agencies.

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Enabling the Elderly

title:Enabling the Elderly : Religious Institutions Within the Community Service System SUNY Series On Aging
author:Tobin, Sheldon S.; Ellor, James W.; Anderson-Ray, Susan M.
publisher:State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin:0887063357
print isbn13:9780887063350
ebook isbn13:9780585055091
language:English
subjectChurch work with the aged.
publication date:1986
lcc:BV4435.T63 1986eb
ddc:259/.3
subject:Church work with the aged.
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SUNY Series on Aging
Sheldon S. Tobin and Edmund Sherman, EDITORS
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Enabling the Elderly
Religious Institutions within the Community Service System
Sheldon S. Tobin
James W. Ellor
and
Susan M. Anderson-Ray
State University of New York Press
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Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
1986 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y. 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Tobin, Sheldon S.
Enabling the elderly.
(SUNY series on aging)
Bibliography: p. 177
1. Church work with the aged. I. Ellor, James W.
II. Anderson-Ray, Susan M. III. Title.
BV4435.T63 1986 259.3 86-5693
ISBN 0-88706-334-9
ISBN 0-88706-335-7 (pbk.)
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
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CONTENTS
Preface
vii
Part I. The Context
1
Chapter 1. Aging in Modern Society
3
Chapter 2. Spiritual Well-Being and Holistic Programs with the Elderly
15
Chapter 3. Church and Synagogue in Programming with the Aging
27
Chapter 4. Community Church: An Example of Decision Making in Action
39
Part II. Serving Older People in a Variety of Settings
61
Chapter 5. The Well-Elderly in the Community
63
Chapter 6. Enabling the Homebound
75
Chapter 7. Outreach to Nursing Home Residents
97
Chapter 8. Living with the Dying
121
Part III. Religious Institutions and the Service System
141
Chapter 9. Working Together
143
Chapter 10. A Model for Increasing Interaction among Churches, Synagogues, and Social Agencies
159

Page vi
Epilogue
175
References
177
Index of Proper Names
187
Subject Index
189

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PREFACE
Religious institutions are important to the well-being of the elderly. Beyond providing spiritual direction and solace, church and synagogue can, and do, provide other functions that enable the elderly to remain active contributors to their community and to retain a sense of continuity in their lives. The enabling functions of church and synagogue are particularly important for the elderly because of losses associated with advancing age and because the elderly are more religious than younger generations. Indeed, it is not unusual for a large percentage of congregations to be older people. Beyond Biblical imperatives to provide special concern for the elderly is the reality of the unique contribution church and synagogue can make to the well-being of the elderly.
Yet religious institutions cannot address all the needs of the elderly. Never before has there been an aging society, and now one of every nine Americans is sixty-five years of age or over. Obviously, among this large and heterogeneous group are individuals with a diversity of unmet needs. Still, it must be recognized that spiritual well-being moves beyond a religious focus to encompass concern for the wholeness of the individual and to a concern for the quality of life of each individual. Thus, it is essential that church and synagogue work both independently and in collaboration with other social institutions to seek to provide for the full range of
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human needs. Religious institutions must work with secular institutions, on the one hand, to meet needs that appear to be less than religious in nature and, on the other hand, to infuse a sense of the spiritual into the service provision to the elderly by secular institutions.
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