Help or hindrance? How family and friends influence chronic illness self-management among older adults

Research on Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 375-409

  Gallant, Mary P ^a,c   Spitze, Glenna D ^a   Prohaska, Thomas R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Family; Friends; Older adults; Self care; Self management; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547839737     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027507303169     Document Type: Review

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