Add to ORKGRecent studies suggest that the loss of a spouse can be disruptive to the survivor's selfcare and health promotion practices, especially for those who lack the knowledge and skills to successfully engage in these behaviors. Pathfinders is a theoretically and researchbased self-care and health education program for recently widowed persons aged 50 and older. This article describes the program's structure, content, and recruitment methods. Preliminary evaluation data suggest that the program is achieving many of the intended outcomes. Issues pertaining to replication as well as limitations are discussed
M.A.Widowhood is a condition of an incomplete family structure resulting from death. Its consequence...
Purpose. Coping with life\u27s adversities requires strength of character. Widowhood is no exception...
Community health care should facilitate effective adaptation to widowhood. In South Africa, the prim...
Journal ArticleWhile most bereavement intervention programs for the recently widowed focus primarily...
Decreased morbidity and mortality are just two of the documented outcomes from health promotion acti...
Spousal bereavement is a stressful, grief filled period of transition occurring usually in later lif...
This paper reviews the literature on the support systems of aging widows from an ecological perspect...
Although older adults are more susceptible to loss, there are more support groups aimed towards help...
Project (M.S.W., Social Work) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2010.Existing research in ...
The world’s population is increasing; whilst this implies improvement in health, for older people it...
Aged widowers are at risk for increased incidence of health problems and higher mortality rates foll...
Introduction: Experiencing the death of a spouse during late life is associated with an increased ri...
Widowhood arises when the wife outlives the husband (Neufeldt & Guralnik, 1988). The researchers con...
The majority of older females are widows whose psychological well-being is of societal interest. The...
Are widows, in the time of bereavement, able to learn coping skills through a model for group intera...
M.A.Widowhood is a condition of an incomplete family structure resulting from death. Its consequence...
Purpose. Coping with life\u27s adversities requires strength of character. Widowhood is no exception...
Community health care should facilitate effective adaptation to widowhood. In South Africa, the prim...
Journal ArticleWhile most bereavement intervention programs for the recently widowed focus primarily...
Decreased morbidity and mortality are just two of the documented outcomes from health promotion acti...
Spousal bereavement is a stressful, grief filled period of transition occurring usually in later lif...
This paper reviews the literature on the support systems of aging widows from an ecological perspect...
Although older adults are more susceptible to loss, there are more support groups aimed towards help...
Project (M.S.W., Social Work) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2010.Existing research in ...
The world’s population is increasing; whilst this implies improvement in health, for older people it...
Aged widowers are at risk for increased incidence of health problems and higher mortality rates foll...
Introduction: Experiencing the death of a spouse during late life is associated with an increased ri...
Widowhood arises when the wife outlives the husband (Neufeldt & Guralnik, 1988). The researchers con...
The majority of older females are widows whose psychological well-being is of societal interest. The...
Are widows, in the time of bereavement, able to learn coping skills through a model for group intera...
M.A.Widowhood is a condition of an incomplete family structure resulting from death. Its consequence...
Purpose. Coping with life\u27s adversities requires strength of character. Widowhood is no exception...
Community health care should facilitate effective adaptation to widowhood. In South Africa, the prim...