Loma Linda University TheScholarsRepository@LLU: Digital Archive of Research, Scholarship & Creative Works Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects 9-2015 The Lived Experience of Aging: Listening to the Oldest-Old Julia A. Pusztai Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd Part of the Geriatric Nursing Commons, and the Gerontology Commons Recommended Citation Pusztai, Julia A., "The Lived Experience of Aging: Listening to the Oldest-Old" (2015). Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects. 341. http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/341 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by TheScholarsRepository@LLU: Digital Archive of Research, Scholarship & Creative Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects by an authorized administrator of TheScholarsRepository@LLU: Digital Archive of Research, Scholarship & Creative Works. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY School of Nursing in conjunction with the Faculty of Graduate Studies ____________________ The Lived Experience of Aging: Listening to the Oldest-Old by Julia A. Pusztai ____________________ A Dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing ____________________ September 2015 © 2015 Julia A. Pusztai All Rights Reserved Each person whose signature appears below certifies that this dissertation in his/her opinion is adequate, in scope and quality, as a dissertation for the degree Doctor of Philosophy. , Chairperson Betty W. Winslow, Professor of Nursing Patricia S. Jones, Professor of Nursing Lana M. Kanacki, Associate Professor of Nursing iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is through a wide-circle of support that this work has been completed.