Document Type
Article
Abstract
- Informal caregivers of adults at the end of life often experience significant physical, psychological, and economic burden because of their caregiving and bereavement (Schulz et al., 2003; Skantharajah et al., 2022)
- Prior evidence suggests that spirituality and/or religiosity contribute to positive religious coping and improved adjustment to bereavement (Damianakis et al., 2012; Stelzer et al., 2020)
- Spiritual and religious communities often provide practical and social, in additional to spiritual/religious, support to their members
- There is limited evidence describing practical and social support from spiritual/religious lay communities for informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Publication Date
2026
Recommended Citation
Lenko, Rachel, "Spiritual and Religious Lay Community Support for Informal Caregivers of Adults at the End of Life: A Literature Review" (2026). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 1088.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/1088
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