Occupational therapy - Meeting the needs of older adult workers?

Work

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-82

  Evans, Dawn M ^a,b   Conte, Karmela ^a   Gilroy, Melissa ^a   Marvin, Tifany ^a   Theysohn, Heather ^a   Fisher, Grace ^a  

^a University of New York   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging workers; Older adult workers; Retirement and mixed method design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52149095672     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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