Research Catalog

Title

Self-care in later life : research, program, and policy issues / Marcia G. Ory, Gordon H. DeFriese, editors ; foreword by Richard S. Schweiker.

Publication

New York : Springer Pub., [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• DeFriese, Gordon H.
• Ory, Marcia G.

Description

xxvi, 267 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• Leading authorities examine the role of self-care in the maintenance of independent functioning, the role of social support networks in facilitating and encouraging self-care, the design of self-care programs, the ways in which practitioners' knowledge about determinants of health beliefs and behaviors can shape older people's treatment behaviors, and assistive technology as an important dimension of self-care.
• This volume assesses the efficacy of self-care in maintaining autonomy. It applies a broad definition of self-care that includes a range of behaviors undertaken by individuals, families, and communities to enhance health, prevent disease, limit illness, and restore health.

Subjects

• Older people > Health and hygiene > United States
• Older people > Care > Government policy > United States
• Social Support
• Health Policy
• Aged > psychology
• Self Care > Aged
• Older people > Medical care > Social aspects > United States
• United States
• Self-care, Health > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-257) and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Richard S. Schweiker -- Introduction: The Nature, Extent, and Modifiability of Self-Care Behaviors in Later Life / Marcia G. Ory, Gordon H. DeFriese and Alfred P. Duncker -- 1. The Patterns of Self-Care Among Older Adults in Western Industrialized Societies / Thomas R. Konrad -- 2. Dynamics and Processes of Self-Care in Old Age / Eleanor Palo Stoller -- 3. The Research Basis for the Design and Implementation of Self-Care Programs / Thomas Prohaska -- 4. Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions for Promoting Self-Care Behaviors Among Older Adults / William Rakowski -- 5. Enhancing Self-Care Research: Exploring the Theoretical Underpinnings of Self-Care / Elaine A. Leventhal, Howard Leventhal and Chantal Robitaille -- 6. The Role of Social Science Research in Understanding Technology Use Among Older Adults / Laura N. Gitlin -- 7. Self-Care in Minority and Ethnic Populations: The Experience of Older Black Americans / Lucille Davis and May L. Wykle --
• 8. International Perspectives on Self-Care Research / Kathryn Dean -- Afterword: Toward a Research Agenda for Addressing the Potential of Self-Care in Later Life / Gordon H. DeFriese, Marcia G. Ory and Donald M. Vickery -- App. Self-Care in Later Life - An Annotated Bibliography of Research Findings and Policy Issues / Alison Woomert.

ISBN

0826111866

LCCN

97043506

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries