Valued activities of everyday life among the very old: A one-year trend

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 19-34

  Lefrancois, Richard ^a,b   Leclerc, Gilbert ^a,b   Dubé, Micheline ^c   Hamel, Suzanne ^d   Gaulin, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity involvement; Incapacity; Longitudinal study; Octogenarians; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644795208     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v25n03_02     Document Type: Article

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