Restorative activities of community-dwelling elders

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-399

  Jansen, Debra A ^a   Von Sadovszky, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Attention restoration; Restorative activities

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NATURAL SCIENCE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; READING; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442536703     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945904263010     Document Type: Review

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