The lived experience of oldest-old rural adults

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 779-791

  Hinck, Susan ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community living; Oldest old; Phenomenology; Rural; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE STYLE; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 3342973784     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304265774     Document Type: Review

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