Challenged but not threatened: Managing health in advanced age

Janine Wiles, Philippa Miskelly, Oneroa Stewart, Ngaire Kerse, Anna Rolleston and Merryn Gott

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 227, issue C, 104-110

Abstract: In this paper we reflect on discussions with people of advanced age in Āotearoa New Zealand, and draw on theoretical frameworks of resilience and place in old age, to explore insights about the ways older people maintain quality of life and health.

Keywords: Advanced age; Health; Agency; Adaptation; Positioning; Resourcefulness; Resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.06.018

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