Based on secondary analysis, interviews and participant observation in one case-study community, this study describes the emergency and on-going services provided by local parish churches around issues of loneliness, crisis readjustment, home health care, and emergency needs. The concept of a church as a surrogate family for older people is also discussed. Direct quotes, taken from the interviews, are used for the purpose of illustration.
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Lucy Y. Steinitz (1982) studied this question.