'Lots of little kindnesses': Valuing the role of older Australians as informal volunteers in the community

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 715-730

  Warburton, Jeni ^a   McLaughlin, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Inter generational relations; Older volunteers; Productive ageing; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMMUNITY CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24944513770     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X05003648     Document Type: Article

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