Items related to Self Care in Later Life: Research, Program, and Policy...

Self Care in Later Life: Research, Program, and Policy Issues - Hardcover

 
9780826111869: Self Care in Later Life: Research, Program, and Policy Issues
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0826111866 ISBN 13: 9780826111869
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 1998

Synopsis

This volume is uncontestably the most comprehensive and authoritative work on the subject of self-care available to date. It should set the stage for a new policy perspective on building a health care system that incorporates self-care at its core."--Lowell S. Levin, Yale School of Public Health

Practitioners and researchers who work with older adults are challenged to find ways to strengthen an elderly person's capacity to cope wiht age-related changes that threaten independence.

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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Authors

Marcia G. Ory, PhD, MPH, is professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Rural Public Health (SRPH) at The Texas A&M Health Science Center in College Station, Texas.



Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD, is professor in the Schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From the Back Cover

"

""This volume is uncontestably the most comprehensive and authoritative work on the subject of self-care available to date. It should set the stage for a new policy perspective on building a health care system that incorporates self-care at its core.""--Lowell S. Levin, Yale School of Public Health

Practitioners and researchers who work with older adults are challenged to find ways to strengthen an elderly person's capacity to cope wiht age-related changes that threaten independence.

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. "

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0826111866
ISBN 13 
9780826111869
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
267
Editor
Ory PhD MPH Marcia G., DeFriese Gordon H.