Relationship Between Falls and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Caron ◽  
William T. Gallo ◽  
Laura L. Durbin ◽  
Thelma J. Mielenz
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among a Multiethnic Sample of Older Adults with Diabetes

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1061-1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy E. Schoenberg ◽  
Eleanor Palo Stoller ◽  
Cary S. Kart ◽  
Adam Perzynski ◽  
Elizabeth E. Chapleski
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Multiethnic Sample ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

scholarly journals Rural Older Adults’ Beliefs and Behavior Related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Arcury ◽  
Ronny A. Bell ◽  
Mara Z. Vitolins ◽  
Sara A. Quandt
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Cam Use ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Rural Elders ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Little research has considered older adults’ health beliefs related to the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Based on a conceptual model of health selfmanagement, this analysis delineates health beliefs and behaviors related to CAM use among community-dwelling rural elders. In-depth interviews were conducted with 145 female and male African Americans, Native Americans, and Whites aged 70 and older residing in two rural, central North Carolina counties. CAM therapies are widely used but are largely limited to folk and home remedies and vitamin and mineral supplements. These rural elders integrate CAM use with conventional health care, and they are concerned that remedies they use not interfere with prescribed conventional treatment. They justify CAM use in terms of advice from their physician or nurse or from published sources. Most rural elders state that their knowledge of CAM therapies is limited.

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