SPIRITUALITY IN NURSING: FILIPINO ELDERLY’S CONCEPT OF, DISTANCE FROM, AND INVOLVEMENT WITH GOD Allan B. de Guzman Center for Educational Research and Development, The Graduate School, College of Education, College of Nursing, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, The Philippines Naihra Jae Z. Dalay Anthony Joe M. De Guzman Luigi Lauren E. de Jesus Jacqueline Barbara C. de Mesa Jan Derick D. Flores College of Nursing, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, The Philippines Spirituality is an aspect of holistic care delivery by health team members. However, despite the established relationship of spirituality and health, there had been little evidence of ways of assessing spirituality for nurses’ clinical practice in Asia, particularly in regard to geriatric patients. This study aimed to establish an eiditic description of a selected group of Filipino elderly’s concept of, distance from, and involvement with God. The goal was to strengthen the need for a holistic care delivery framework anchored on the recognition of spiritual well-being among geriatric patients. Seven Filipino geriatrics suffering from chronic illness partici- pated voluntarily as respondents for this qualitative study. A three-part researcher-made instrument was used in eliciting the needed data and information. The first part of data gathering made use of a robotfoto to Address correspondence to Allan B. de Guzman, University of Santo Tomas, Graduate School, Center for Educational Research and Development, Manila 1015, The Philippines. E-mail: doc_allan@yahoo.com; abdeguzman@mnl.ust.edu.ph Educational Gerontology , 35: 929–944, 2009 Copyright # Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0360-1277 print=1521-0472 online DOI: 10.1080/03601270902717962 929