Social support factors and health among a senior center population in southern Ontario, Canada

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 15-37

  Fitzpatrick, Tanya R ^a,c   Gitelson, Richard J ^b   Andereck, Kathleen L ^c   Mesbur, Ellen Sue ^d  

^a Department of Social Work ^*  (United States)

^b Gerontology Program

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian senior centers; Mental and physical health; Social support; Social work interventions

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 19444365057     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v40n03_02     Document Type: Review

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