Meaningful social interactions between older people in institutional care settings

Ageing and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-114

  Hubbard, Gill ^a   Tester, Susan ^b   Downs, Murna G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional care settings; Older people; Scotland; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE;

EID: 0037274629     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X02008991     Document Type: Article

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