SPIRITUALITY AND WELL-BEING AMONG INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY IN SWITZERLAND
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This article presents the first results of an exploratory study on spirituality and well-being among the elderly residing in care institution in the French-speaking part of Switzerland Various kinds of difficulties and troubles in adapting to the institutional life like the loss of autonomy and sense of freedom, social isolation and loneliness were reported by subjects. If for some residents religion and spirituality do not matter, many others claimed that religious faith is an important source of comfort and strength while coping with health problems and other adversities of life. The psychological mechanisms of a potential link between on one side well- being and health, and on the other side spirituality and religious faith are discussed through a model of religious systems.
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