TY - JOUR
T1 - Mama still sparkles
AU - Kivnick, Helen Q.
AU - Jernstedt, Heidi L.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - This case study is part of a larger, ongoing project that considers exemplars to explore successful aging among individuals who require some form of long-term care. The project departs from narrow, decontextualized operationalizations of successful aging to begin to develop holistic conceptualizations that involve the daily, multifaceted lives of elders in their families. The project also departs from the dominant misery perspective that emphasizes deficits, ill- ness, and decline in old age. Instead, it contributes to developing a resource perspective that seeks to maximize human adaptation, assets, and skills in later life. This project seeks to understand the dynamics and spirit of successful aging, as this process is illustrated by individual elders who are, in spite of severe disability and the need for ongoing services, identified by their colleagues as role mod- els, as exemplars of successful aging.
AB - This case study is part of a larger, ongoing project that considers exemplars to explore successful aging among individuals who require some form of long-term care. The project departs from narrow, decontextualized operationalizations of successful aging to begin to develop holistic conceptualizations that involve the daily, multifaceted lives of elders in their families. The project also departs from the dominant misery perspective that emphasizes deficits, ill- ness, and decline in old age. Instead, it contributes to developing a resource perspective that seeks to maximize human adaptation, assets, and skills in later life. This project seeks to understand the dynamics and spirit of successful aging, as this process is illustrated by individual elders who are, in spite of severe disability and the need for ongoing services, identified by their colleagues as role mod- els, as exemplars of successful aging.
KW - Elder role models
KW - Gerontology
KW - Life cycle theory
KW - Long-term care
KW - Qualitative research
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U2 - 10.1300/J002v24n01_07
DO - 10.1300/J002v24n01_07
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030327852
VL - 24
SP - 123
EP - 164
JO - Marriage and Family Review
JF - Marriage and Family Review
SN - 0149-4929
IS - 1-2
ER -