These white walls: The dialectic of retirement communities

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-256

  McHugh, Kevin E ^a   Larson Keagy, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageism; Cultural meaning; Identity; Retirement communities; Social separation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; PROGENY; RESIDENT; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WELLBEING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 18444397777     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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