Hopes, fears and expectations about the future: What do older people's stories tell us about active ageing?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 465-488

  Clarke, Amanda ^a,c   Warren, Lorna ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active ageing; Biographical methods; Death; Dependency; Disengagement; Generativity; Looking forward; Older people

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; MORTALITY; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 34548564304     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005824     Document Type: Article

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