Family support for older people in an era of demographic change and policy constraints

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 693-706

  Wolf, Douglas A ^a   Ballal, Sonali S ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Elder care policy; Family support; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 33746852938     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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