Meaningful activity in later life: 100 religious sisters provide models and suggestions

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 71-88

  Flynn, Pauline T ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meaningful activities; Religious sisters; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651213021     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v24n03_05     Document Type: Article

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