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Shows how functional impairment affects church participation in the elderly, indicating areas for intervention.
This paper shows how functional impairment on five dimensions, phys~cal health, mental health, economic resources, ability to perform the activities of daily livin and social resources, affected church participation of the clderf~ in a rural county of North Carolina. The data consist of 412 interviews with persons who were 60 years old or older in 1985. The instrument was a modified version of the OARS. The im lications of these findings for the design of both studies of the reitionship between aging and church participation and church programs to facilitate the involvement of the frail elderly are discussed.
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