Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
J Gerontol Soc Work. 2022 Nov-Dec;65(8):883-897. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2022.2072433. Epub 2022 May 9.
Older grandparents raising adolescent grandchildren are a hidden caregiving population. Religion serves as a protective factor for many older adult caregivers. The caregiving and religion literature often excludes exploration of caregivers' satisfaction with social support provided by faith-based communities. Nineteen older grandparents raising adolescent grandchildren participated in in-depth qualitative interviews regarding the lived experiences of their social support and satisfaction woth faith-based communities. Research questions were: (1) describe, if any, what types of support you receive from church or religious groups? and (2) how satisfied are you with the support from church or religious groups? The diverse sample of grandparents were White (n = 10), Black/African American (n = 7), Native American (n = 1), and Filipino (n = 1). Respondents were primarily married (58%), white/nonHispanic (53%), grandmothers (84%), with some college education or college graduate (79%). Older grandparent caregivers identified key people, situational circumstances, and tangible goods that enhanced their wellbeing and posed opportunities for more support. Five themes characterizing social support and satisfaction with older grandparent caregivers' perspectives of their faith-based communities were emotional support, activities and resources, stopped attending church, attended church but did not seek support, and mixed satisfaction with religious support. Implications are presented for social work education and social work practice.
抚养青春期孙辈的年长祖父母是一个隐藏的照顾者群体。宗教是许多老年照顾者的保护因素。照顾和宗教文献通常不包括探索照顾者对信仰社区提供的社会支持的满意度。19 名抚养青春期孙辈的年长祖父母参与了深入的定性访谈，探讨了他们的社会支持和对信仰社区的满意度的生活经历。研究问题是：(1)描述一下，你从教堂或宗教团体得到了哪些类型的支持？和 (2) 你对教堂或宗教团体的支持满意吗？祖父母的样本多样化，包括白人（n=10）、黑人和非裔美国人（n=7）、美国原住民（n=1）和菲律宾人（n=1）。受访者主要是已婚（58%）、白人/非西班牙裔（53%）、祖母（84%），具有一些大学教育或大学毕业（79%）。年长的祖父母照顾者确定了增强他们幸福感并为提供更多支持提供机会的关键人物、情境情况和有形物品。五个主题描述了社会支持和年长祖父母对其信仰社区的支持的满意度，包括情感支持、活动和资源、停止参加教堂、参加教堂但不寻求支持，以及对宗教支持的满意度不一。为社会工作教育和社会工作实践提出了启示。
