Linking Aging Theory and Disability Models: Increasing the Potential to Explore Aging With Physical Impairment
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Linking aging theory and disability models: increasing the potential to explore aging with physical impairment.
PURPOSE Social theories of aging are discussed in relation to their preparedness to address the aging-with-physical impairment phenomenon. DESIGN AND METHODS An overview of the social theories of aging is presented. Individual theories of aging are reviewed to examine (a) how they currently depict and/or include disability in their frameworks and (b) how they could be used to explore the expe...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1758-5341,0016-9013
DOI: 10.1093/geront/42.6.799