TY - JOUR
T1 - Supporting older adults living with multiple chronic conditions
AU - Loeb, Susan J.
AU - Penrod, Janice
AU - Falkenstern, Sharon
AU - Gueldner, Sarah Hall
AU - Poon, Leonard W.
N1 - Funding Information:
1. This research was supported by a grant from the American Association of Retired Persons∕Andrus Foundation (L. W. Poon and S. H. Gueldner, coinvestigators). The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of David Wagstaff, Ph.D., methodology consultant. Also, special thanks to Eric Aguirre, Tamika Magee, and Sherigo Page, undergraduate summer scholars who contributed to the project.
PY - 2003/2
Y1 - 2003/2
N2 - 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 all 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 to stay in control of multiple chronic health conditions.
AB - 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 all 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 to stay in control of multiple chronic health conditions.
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U2 - 10.1177/0193945902238830
DO - 10.1177/0193945902238830
M3 - Article
C2 - 12584961
AN - SCOPUS:2142712610
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 25
SP - 8
EP - 23
JO - Western Journal of Nursing Research
JF - Western Journal of Nursing Research
IS - 1
ER -