Appreciating the predicament of housebound older adults with arthritis: Portrait of a population

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-69

  Nour, Kareen ^a,b   Laforest, Sophie ^a,b   Gignac, Monique ^c,d   Gauvin, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Inst of Social Geronotol of Quebec ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Arthritis; Biopsychosocial profile; Health behaviours; Housebound; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIGIDITY; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 17444411961     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2005.0009     Document Type: Article

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