Maintaining mastery despite age related losses. The resilience narratives of two older women in need of long-term community care

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-354

  Janssen, Bienke M ^a   Abma, Tineke A ^b   Van Regenmortel, Tine ^a,c  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c University of Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Long term community care; Narratives; Older people; Resilience; Sense of mastery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860868078     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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