Research: Age to age: Resident outcomes from a kindergarten classroom in the nursing home

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-337

  Doll, Gayle ^a   Bolender, Ben ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational programs; Kindergarten in the nursing home; Quality of life; Resident outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649568273     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15350770.2010.520614     Document Type: Article

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