Generative acts: Family and community involvement of older Australians

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-137

  Warburton, Jeni ^a   McLaughlin, Deirdre ^a   Pinsker, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY LIVING; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MODEL; NARRATIVE; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SENESCENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CULTURE; FAMILY; HUMANS;

EID: 33845451156     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/9TE3-T1G1-333V-3DT8     Document Type: Article

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