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Description/Abstract
This study analyzes a veteran status' effects on aging among women 80 years and older. For policy and practice, this research clearly states that mental health and healthy behaviors are important for aging women, and that the VA should continue research on health needs of aging female veterans. Suggestions for future research include studies to better understand special health risks among older female veterans, how self-resiliency among female veterans affects their health as they age, and how educational attainment relates to older female veterans' health.
Original Citation
LaCroix, A. Z., Rillamas-Sun, E., Woods, N. F., Weitlauf, J., Zaslavsky, O., Shih, R., LaMonte, M. J., Bird, C., Yano, E. M., LeBoff, M., Washington, D., & Reiber, G. (2016). Aging well among women veterans compared with non-veterans in the women’s health initiative. The Gerontologist, 56(S1), S14-S26. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnv124
Document Type
Brief
Disciplines
Family, Life Course, and Society | Gerontology | Medicine and Health | Military and Veterans Studies | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Extent
2 pages
DCMI Type
Text
Keywords
Age, Healthy aging, Disability, Quality of life, Women veterans
Subject
Women veterans; Aging
Publisher
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University
Date
Spring 3-11-2016
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, "Research Brief: "Aging Well among Women Veterans Compared with Non-Veterans in the Women’s Health Initiative"" (2016). Institute for Veterans and Military Families. 322.
https://surface.syr.edu/ivmf/322
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