Abstract

The article shows how elderly people build their well-being through their religious beliefs and practices, focusing on the most frequent problems and needs. The research focuses on: health and strength, in the supply of their needs, in the sense and meaning and in security and hope, as the most felt demands that older adults have. It is based on the fact that older people state that they have a greater attachment to their religious beliefs and practices and this leads to building and expressing feelings of well-being regardless of their situation. It concludes by saying that well-being in old age is not derived from the biological, economic and social aspects, but in the possibility of believing in a God, creator of everything that exists.

Keywords

Welfare, religious practices, religious beliefs, older adults, anthropology, catholic, testimony, people, Health, strength, spiritual, loneliness, happiness, satisfaction, tradition