Affiliation:
1. University of Texas at Austin
Abstract
Women with childhood onset disabilities (CODs) are living longer and it is time for holistic nurses to focus on understanding such women from a life course perspective. As women with CODs live into later adulthood, nurses must be prepared to anticipate and assist as needed. Without studies designed to understand the life course of these women, nursing can neither gain a clear understanding of the problems they face with aging nor help prevent the high number of social inequities, secondary conditions, and comorbidities experienced. To begin nursing's exploration of the problems faced by women with CODs, the relevant historical changes and literature associated with aging with a COD are reviewed. Next, the life course paradigm is critically analyzed in relation to the lives of these women. In conclusion, it is posited that the life course paradigm provides the most useful guide for a holistic understanding of women with CODs.
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