Older People's Experience of Spirituality Through Music

Title
Older People's Experience of Spirituality Through Music
Publication Date
2005
Author(s)
Hays, TN
Minichiello, V
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Haworth Press Inc
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1300/J496v18n01_06
UNE publication id
une:814
Abstract
This qualitative study examines the spiritual meaning ascribed to music by older people. In-depth interviews were used to explore the connection made between music and the spiritual experience with a sample of older Australians living in the community aged 60 years and older. The findings show how music provides older people with ways of experiencing and expressing a sense of spirituality. The results remind gerontologists that they need to be mindful in understanding the different ways that older people express and experience spirituality, even though the individual may not readily identify as being religious.
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Citation
Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging, 18(1), p. 83-96
ISSN
1552-8030
Start page
83
End page
96

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