Background Primary care is increasingly focussed on the care of people with two or more
long-term conditions (multimorbidity). The UK Department of Health strategy for long term …

Evidence is presented on the relationship between psychosocial support (social contact and
emotional intimacy) and changes in health status (physical, psychosocial and emotional …

Background While older adults are living longer, they often face health challenges, including
living with multiple chronic conditions. How older adults respond and adapt to the …

Aim To review critically the traditional concept of autonomy, propose an alternative relational
interpretation of autonomy, and discuss how this would operate in identifying and …

Older people living alone (OPLA) are considered vulnerable because of fewer resources,
such as social support. As self-management becomes increasingly important in chronic …

The present study aimed to examine gender differences in autonomy-connectedness in a
large, Dutch, representative community sample (N= 2,256). All participants completed the …

Objective: Self-perceptions of aging (SPA) are argued to be an indicator of the ability to
adapt to heath decline in late life. Our objective was to examine the influence of …

Social support has been reliably related to physical health outcomes. However, an
examination of mediators of such links has been slowed by the lack of understanding …

Objectives Research on life course inequality and successful aging has sought to
understand how events and challenges may lead to poor outcomes in later life for some …

Purpose. A common source of ethical challenge for health care professionals (HCPs) in
rehabilitation is situations when patients wish to make risky choices not related or contrary to …