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Older Women's Experiences with Multiple Health Conditions: Daily Challenges and Care Practices

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Pages 672-692 | Received 20 Apr 2005, Accepted 03 May 2005, Published online: 18 Aug 2006
 

Guided by life-course theory and a trajectory model of chronic illness, we examined the health care practices and management strategies used by 17 older women with multiple chronic conditions. Qualitative analyses revealed that the women played an active role in shaping the course of their illness within their everyday lives. Pain and a decline in energy frequently interfered with completion of daily activities. To compensate, many women reduced and slowed down the pace of activities they performed while emphasizing the importance of maintaining independence and autonomy. Appreciative of support from family members, at times the women received more help and advice than they preferred.

This research was supported in part by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S.Department of Agriculture, under Project No.VA-135688 of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station.An earlier version of thisarticle waspresented at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC, 2004.

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* HD = heart disease, OP = osteoporosis, DB = diabetes.

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