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Health care workers need to identify health promotion activities that focus on the special needs of older women. A printed checklist in diary format will help primary care practitioners with limited time promote and monitor health strategies. Patients and health care workers can update the goals and target new strategies during visits.

Self‐care self‐efficacy is a compensatory mechanism that may lead to improved psychological adaptation poststroke. Nurses working with stroke patients may use self‐care self‐efficacy interventions to help the patients achieve a successful recovery. This article describes the four components of self‐efficacy, and discusses their application to stroke patients in rehabilitation. Self‐care self‐efficacy interventions have the potential to decrease depression and increase quality of life for patients after stroke, and may become a valuable tool for nurses who practice in rehabilitation settings.