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Hardiness, successful aging and HIV — implications for social work
Author(s)	David E Vance, Thomas C Struzick, James Masten
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 51, issue 3/4, 2008
Publisher	The Haworth Press, Inc., 2008
Pages	pp 260-283
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	AIDS ; Adjustment ; Ageing process ; Social work ; United States of America.
Annotation	With dramatic developments in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, life expectancy is increasing, resulting in more middle-aged and older adults living with this disease. Little is known about the problems, and especially the strengths, of those living and ageing with HIV. Hardiness is used in the gerontological literature to describe and explain how people age successfully, despite traumatic life events and chronic diseases. Similarly, the concept of hardiness may be used to guide clinicians, researchers, and clients on how to age successfully with HIV. This article provides a review of hardiness in ageing and HIV, and emphasizes its importance in facilitating successful ageing with this disease. Conceptual and methodological concerns in studying hardiness and successful ageing are addressed. Potential interventions and clinical implications for social work are posited for augmenting qualities of hardiness in people ageing with HIV. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-091104222 A
Classmark	CQTT: DR: BG: IG: 7T
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