title: Rural elderly individuals. Strategies for delivery of nursing care.
abstract: This article has presented nursing care strategies for rural elderly persons at the individual and community level. The approach for the strategies was accomplished through presentation of Lawton and Nahemow's Ecological Model of Adaptation and Aging. Competencies of older rural adults and their physical, personal, and social environment were explored using current available literature. Nurses are and can play a key role in maintaining and promoting the health of rural elderly persons.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D004463:Ecology; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012424:Rural Population; D014481:United States