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Human-Development in the Context of Aging and Chronic Illness: The Role of Attachment in Alzheimer's Disease and Stroke
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Human-Development in the Context of Aging and Chronic Illness: The Role of Attachment in Alzheimer's Disease and Stroke

Lore K. Wright, Joanne V. Hickey, Kathleen C. Buckwalter and Elizabeth C. Clipp
International journal of aging & human development, Vol.41(2), pp.133-150
09/01/1995
DOI: 10.2190/WK4B-PGEH-84QP-JUP7
PMID: 08550231

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Abstract

Does chronic illness in older people provide potentials for human development? To date, this question has not been adequately addressed by dynamic theorists of human development. In this article, two illness trajectories, Alzheimer's disease and stroke, are examined to illustrate emerging changes in human development over each course of illness and the increasing importance of attachment behavior among ill elders and their family members. It is argued that the phenomenon of attachment links ailing older people to their environment, and that attachment is vital if human development is to continue.
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