An exploration of reminiscence and post-war European immigrants living in a multicultural aged-care setting in Australia

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-168

  Hodges, Cherie ^a   Schmidt, Rachael ^b  

^a Hesse Rural Health Services   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geriatric occupational therapy; Life stories; Occupational reminiscence; War migrants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; GUILT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVOR; WAR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN RELATION; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MEMORY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 68049099093     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.271     Document Type: Article

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