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Dietary behavior and body composition parameters among self-reported exercising and non-exercising elderly women

Creator:: Bell, Kathleen A.
Abstract:: The percentage of the American population who are 65 years old or older is rapidly increasing, especially the proportion of women. It is becoming crucial to encourage lifestyle behaviors that will enable senior women to remain in optimal health. Following the 1990 Dietary Guidelines' recommendations to limit fat intake and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: causes of death among women aged 65 and older include cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease

Energy and nutrient intake, and body composition of elderly women with different ages and levels of physical activity

Creator:: Bell, Elizabeth J.
Abstract:: The US population over the age of 65 years is growing rapidly, with elderly women outnumbering men by 50 percent. Studies show that aging is often accompanied by reduced energy intake, inadequate nutrition, and the loss of lean body mass with a subsequent increase in body fat, as well as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: associations. Sixty-three elderly women (aged 65-98 years) volunteers completed a three part study

The resistance and survival of old women : striving for empowerment in the face of oppression and violence

Creator:: Mau, Sindy Kay
Abstract:: Old women face a unique set of obstacles in their quest for empowerment. In this study the concept of empowerment is explored by politicizing issues of personal safety. The most significant factors that impede an old woman's sense of safety and control include oppression, primarily ageism and sexism, along with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Chauncey, "Twenty percent of women aged seventy-five and over are poor and another thirty percent are

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

Spirituality and Aging Among Women

Creator:: Orcutt, Nancy Wilson
Abstract:: The term, spirituality, as used in this study, refers to that part of our lives that has the deepest meaning, that which nurtures each of us and moves us toward wholeness. It is the basis for which we live out our lives, following our own truths with honesty and commitment....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: a fulfilling life. For this study, a group of 10 women aged 60-87 years was examined, using in

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

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Dietary behavior and body composition parameters among self-reported exercising and non-exercising elderly women

Energy and nutrient intake, and body composition of elderly women with different ages and levels of physical activity

The resistance and survival of old women : striving for empowerment in the face of oppression and violence

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

Spirituality and Aging Among Women

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

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