Distal and proximal resource influences on economic dependency among the oldest old

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-105

  MacDonald, Maurice ^a   Aneja, Aradhana ^a   Martin, Peter ^a   Margrett, Jennifer ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Economic dependency; Oldest old; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PERSONALITY; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 76449114375     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000272025     Document Type: Article

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