Reframing dependence in old age: A positive transition for families

Social Work (United States)

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 382-390

  Motenko, Aluma Kopito ^a   Greenberg, Sarah ^b  

^a Gerontology Concentration ^*  (United States)

^b SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependence; Family dynamics; Life changes; Old age

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CASE REPORT; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029304078     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/40.3.382     Document Type: Article

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