The Role of Spirituality in Conceptualizations of Health Maintenance and Healthy Aging Among Latin American Immigrants.

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Sophia Weiner-LightAlissa Bernstein Sideman

Abstract

We aimed to investigate ways in which spirituality was conceptualized in relationship to maintaining brain health and healthy aging in a cohort of older adults who immigrated to the United States from diverse regions of Latin America, in order to ultimately develop culturally-tailored brain health promotion approaches. We conducted a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Participants were recruited from community centers and by a memory care center at a large academic medical center. We interviewed 30 Spanish-speaking immigrants over age 60. Questions addressed perspectives about the brain, aging, and dementia. Interviews were coded for themes. Thematic analysis was used to analyze participants' responses. We identified 5 themes: (1) expressing gratitude to God for mental and physical health, (2) putting the onus of life and death in God's hands, (3) using church as a place to socialize and build community as an approach to leading a healthy lifestyle, (4) using prayer as nourishment for the soul and the brain, and (5) gaining inner-peace and calm, and thus maintaining a healthy life, due to a connection with God. The incorporation of customized spiritual interventions may be a mechanism by which to increase the e...Continue Reading

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