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- Title
Supporting Older Adults Living With Multiple Chronic Conditions.
- Authors
Loeb, Susan J.; Penrod, Janice; Falkenstern, Sharon; Gueldner, Sarah Hall; Poon, Leonard W.
- Abstract
This qualitative study was conducted using focus groups to explore the strategies commonly employed by older adults (N = 37) to manage multiple chronic conditions. Key strategies identified were relating with health care providers, medicating, exercising, changing dietary patterns, seeking information, relying on spirituality and/or religion, and engaging in life. Although social support was not mentioned as a discrete strategy, the participants 'social networks were embedded in alt of the categories. This study supports building a partnership of care in which nurses and other health care professionals function in supportive and educative roles to enhance the older person's lifelong self-care management and ability lo stay in control of multiple chronic health conditions.
- Subjects
DISEASES in older people; CHRONIC diseases; DIET
- Publication
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2003, Vol 25, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
0193-9459
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0193945902238830