Another wrinkle in the debate about successful aging: The undervalued concept of resilience and the lived experience of dementia

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-61

  Harris, Phyllis Braudy ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL; HUMAN; MALE; RESILIENCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 52049083932     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.67.1.c     Document Type: Article

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