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Decision-making influence strategies and relationship quality among elderly mothers and their caregiving daughters

Creator:: Jones-Aust, Laura Lynn
Abstract:: It is well established that family members, particularly adult children, are involved in their frail parents' decision making. It remains unclear however, how intergenerational decision-making influence is exercised and how it relates to personal and relationship characteristics. This study examined the impact of decision-making strategies and a mother's level of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: longer periods (Brody, 1986). The majority of adult child caregivers are middle-aged women who may

Selected variables as predictors of retirement readiness of older employed women

Creator:: Jordan, Jean E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to gather and interpret data in order to contribute to a better understanding of older employed women as they prepare for the transition from the paid workforce to retirement. Selected descriptive variables were measured to determine their relationship to retirement readiness in a sample...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sample of employed women aged 40 years and older. Retirement readiness, the dependent variable in this

Perceptions of reciprocity and relationship quality among elderly female nonkin peers

Creator:: Martin, Sally S.
Abstract:: There is increasing recognition of the importance of older adults in providing support to and maintaining relationships with their nonkin peers. Social trends, such as smaller family size, may reduce the role of family members and increase the importance of nonkin peers in providing help to the elderly. Relationships with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: volunteer sample of 62 women over 60 years of age participated in interviews tapping help given and

Financial management planning styles among selected households of retirement age women living alone : is rehearsal an influence?

Creator:: Rodgers, Ruth-Anne
Abstract:: Financial management planning styles were investigated with original data collected from 180 unmarried, elderly women with a home economics college background and living alone. Deacon and Firebaugh's (1975, 1988) household management systems theory, continuity theory from gerontology, and the construct of anticipatory socialization from sociology framed the study. Three planning...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: older women may benefit future cohorts of the aged. 3 The identification of factors related to the

The point of confluence : a qualitative study of the life-span developmental importance of menarche in the bodily histories of older women

Creator:: Sasser-Coen, Jennifer
Abstract:: In this qualitative, phenomenological study I employed oral history methodology, grounded in a life-span developmental and feminist approach, to explore the developmental importance of menarche in twenty older women's "bodily histories." Menarche is an important developmental event in the female life course because it represents a major point of confluence...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: developmental importance of menarche in the bodily histories of older women AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF

The employment and career situation of women, age 40 and older, who have received services from a rural displaced homemaker program

Creator:: Carpenter, Jill L.
Abstract:: The literature defines a displaced homemaker as a woman who has worked primarily without remuneration to care for the home and family (U.S. Congress, 1977). Federally funded displaced homemaker programs are provided to help these women move from dependency to self-sufficiency (Displaced Homemakers Network, 1986). The purpose of this study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: career. Gender and age stereotypes of middle-aged and older women contribute to their selecting a narrow

An exploration with older women about their career decision-making

Creator:: Gerlicher, Cathie
Abstract:: When older women return to the workplace after an absence they can find the decision-making process difficult. Either their skills are not current or their knowledge of the workplace is out of date. As a community college administrator, my interest was in understanding the process older women went through in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Weighted vest exercise improves functional ability in women over 75 years of age

Creator:: Protiva, Karen W.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of long-term weighted vest exercise on hip bone mass, functional ability and static balance in elderly women. This was a within subject exercise intervention study and included a 6-month control period. Twenty-three subjects (age 85 ± 6) were recruited and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: isokinetic knee extension strength in healthy women aged 75-93 years following a 12-week resistance

Amount of care given by daughters and perceived relationship quality with care-receiving mothers

Creator:: Evans, Lorina S.
Abstract:: The relationship between mothers and daughters has been shown to be generally positive and strong throughout the life cycle. The relationship may become strained, however, as mothers become dependent due to deteriorating health or chronic health conditions. It has long been recognized in both the gerontological and intergenerational literatures that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: persons aged 65 and over will experience some type of chronic problems. When chronic conditions limit

The effect of oleate, linoleate, and EPA/DHA supplementation of postmenopausal women on in vivo lipid peroxidation and LDL susceptibility to ex vivo oxidation

Creator:: Higdon, Jane V.
Abstract:: While replacement of dietary saturated fat with unsaturated fat has been advocated to reduce cardiovascular disease risk, diets high in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) could increase low density lipoprotein (LDL) susceptibility to oxidation, potentially contributing to the pathology of atherosclerosis. To assess in vivo lipid peroxidation and susceptibility, of LDL...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : The Effect of Oleate, Linoleate, and EPA/DHA Supplementation of Postmenopausal Women on In Vivo

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Decision-making influence strategies and relationship quality among elderly mothers and their caregiving daughters

Selected variables as predictors of retirement readiness of older employed women

Perceptions of reciprocity and relationship quality among elderly female nonkin peers

Financial management planning styles among selected households of retirement age women living alone : is rehearsal an influence?

The point of confluence : a qualitative study of the life-span developmental importance of menarche in the bodily histories of older women

The employment and career situation of women, age 40 and older, who have received services from a rural displaced homemaker program

An exploration with older women about their career decision-making

Weighted vest exercise improves functional ability in women over 75 years of age

Amount of care given by daughters and perceived relationship quality with care-receiving mothers

The effect of oleate, linoleate, and EPA/DHA supplementation of postmenopausal women on in vivo lipid peroxidation and LDL susceptibility to ex vivo oxidation

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