title: Nursing model of care promotes elderly independence.
abstract: A crucial need exists for more widespread adoption of nursing models of care in meeting health-care requirements of elderly citizens. A specific model designed to enhance client autonomy is offered as a method of promoting independent functioning of older clients having multichronic disease processes and functional limitations.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Florida State University, Tallahassee.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kohler
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011340:Problem Solving