Issues Concerning Regimen Management in the Home

Older people, who have the major share of chronic illness, are also especially likely to encounter problems in carrying out regimens, and this may interfere not only with the management of regimens but have consequences for couples' personal lives and their marital relationships.

Abstract

ABSTRACT Older people, who have the major share of chronic illness, are also especially likely to encounter problems in carrying out regimens. The regimens themselves may be exhausting or complex. In addition, regimen management in the home takes place within a context characterised by personal and environmental, as well as illness related conditions. There is an interplay between this context and the illness management, giving rise often to problems of ‘overload’ and a ‘contest for control of management’. These may interfere not only with the management of regimens but have consequences for couples' personal lives and their marital relationships as well.