Meaning and Centrality of Caring Activities among Older Women

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 79-100

  Altschuler, Joanne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring activities; Older women; Self protective limits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALTRUISM; ANECDOTES; CALIFORNIA; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0035224473     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v13n03_06     Document Type: Article

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