, I treated their spiritual experiences as an avenue for arriving at an understanding of how these women experienced spiritual development over the life course, and how their spiritual yields an assuredness and an integral part of their resilience.
The experiences of these women add to our understanding and knowledge concerning the
Spiritual lives of people as they age and in late life.While some of my findings support existing research on spirituality and aging, they also offer depth of understanding inyo the
Individual lived experiences of spirituality, for women in the oldest-oldest segment of the
Poplation. My findings are consistent with various past research concerning spirituality and
Againg, but in addition suggest that a phenomenological approach or other qualitative
Methologies are essentital for discovering the intricacy regarding the interconnectedness of
Spirituality and aging (Blieszner&Ramsey).