Defining Spirituality and Giving Meaning to Occupation: The Perspective of Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Autonomy Loss

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 78-90

  Griffith, Jennifer ^a   Caron, Chantal D ^b   Desrosiers, Johanne ^b   Thibeault, Rachel ^c  

^a Centre de sant et services sociaux La Pommeraie   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Grounded theory approach; Identity; Identit ; La th orisation ancr e; Vieillissement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 34247899176     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: 19119828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2182/cjot.06.0016     Document Type: Article

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