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Issues Concerning Regimen Management in the Home

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Juliet M. Corbin  and
Anselm L. Strauss
Juliet M. Corbin
Affiliation:
Research Associate, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Anselm L. Strauss
Affiliation:
Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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Abstract

Older people, who have the major share of chronic illness, are also especially likely to encounter problems in carrying out regimens. The regimens themselves may be exhausting or complex. In addition, regimen management in the home takes place within a context characterised by personal and environmental, as well as illness related conditions. There is an interplay between this context and the illness management, giving rise often to problems of ‘overload’ and a ‘contest for control of management’. These may interfere not only with the management of regimens but have consequences for couples' personal lives and their marital relationships as well.

Type
Research Article
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Ageing & Society , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 249 - 265
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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