This volume assesses the efficacy of self-care in maintaining autonomy. It applies a broad definition of self-care that includes a range of behaviors undertaken by individuals, families, and communities to enhance health, prevent disease, limit illness, and restore health. Leading authorities examine the role of self-care in the maintenance of independent functioning, the role of social support networks in facilitating and encouraging self-care, the design of self-care programs, the ways in which practitioners' knowledge about determinants of health beliefs and behaviors can shape older people's treatment behaviors, and assistive technology as an important dimension of self-care.

Book Information
ISBN 9780826111869
Author Marcia G. Ory
Format Hardback
Page Count 267
Imprint Springer Publishing Co Inc
Publisher Springer Publishing Co Inc