Adult day groups: Addressing older people's needs for activity and companionship

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 134-140

  Tse, Tamara ^a   Howie, Linsey ^b  

^a Inner East Community Health Service   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity participation; Ageing; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248612379     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2005.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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