Social relations, language and cognition in the 'oldest old'

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 585-605

  Keller Cohen, Deborah ^a   Fiori, Katherine ^a   Toler, Amanda ^a   Bybee, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cognition; Diary study; Language; Oldest old; Social contact; Social relations

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; AGING; COGNITION; LANGUAGE;

EID: 33745042419     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06004910     Document Type: Article

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