Aging without agency: Theorizing the fourth age

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Gilleard, Chris ^a   Higgs, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black hole; Event horizon; Fourth age; Nursing homes; Third age

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CULTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 77951081750     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903228762     Document Type: Article

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