Senior Centers: Focal Points of Community-Based Services for the Elderly

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 27-44

  Pardasani, Manoj P ^a,b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrators; Diverse programs; Preventative care; Senior centers; Services; Staff

Indexed keywords

EID: 41249096603     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v28n04_03     Document Type: Article

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