Successful aging from the viewpoint of older adults

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-104

  Troutman Jordan, Meredith ^a   Staples, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Coping; Older adult; Successful aging; Successful aging theory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION;

EID: 84894560845     PISSN: 15416577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1541-6577.28.1.87     Document Type: Article

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