"What Goes Around Comes Around": Attitudes and Practices Regarding Ageing and Care for the Elderly Among Moroccan Muslim Women Living in Antwerp (Belgium)

The aim of this article is threefold. First, we seek to elicit the attitudes and practices of middle-aged and elderly Moroccan Muslim women towards ageing and care for the elderly. Second, we aim to identify possible differences between middle-aged and elderly women's attitudes and practices. T...

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Главные авторы: Ahaddour, Chaïma (Автор) ; Broeckaert, Bert 1964 (Автор) ; Van den Branden, Stef (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2020]
В: Journal of religion and health
Год: 2020, Том: 59, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 986-1012
Другие ключевые слова:B Ислам (мотив)
B World View
B Care for the Elderly
B Old Age
B Grounded Theory
B Moroccan Muslim women
B qualitative empirical research
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Итог:The aim of this article is threefold. First, we seek to elicit the attitudes and practices of middle-aged and elderly Moroccan Muslim women towards ageing and care for the elderly. Second, we aim to identify possible differences between middle-aged and elderly women's attitudes and practices. Third, we seek to explore which role religion plays in their attitudes and practices. Qualitative empirical research was conducted with a sample of middle-aged and elderly Moroccan Muslim women living in Antwerp (Belgium) (n = 30) and with experts in the field (n = 15). Our study unveils that ageing and care for the elderly are clearly understood from a religious framework. More specifically, theological and eschatological considerations take up a central position. Access to and utilization of professional elderly care is hampered by several barriers (e.g. religious, cultural and financial). We found a more open attitude towards professional elderly care among middle-aged women than among elderly women.
ISSN:1573-6571
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-018-0562-x