The significance of social engagement in relocated older adults

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1186-1195

  Dupuis Blanchard, Suzanne ^a   Neufeld, Anne ^b   Strang, Vicki R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Attachment bonding; Community; Determinants of; Ethnography; Focused; Health; Nursing; Older people; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; EMOTION; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 69249091006     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309343956     Document Type: Article

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