Activity, Aging, and Retirement: The Views of a Group of Scottish People With Intellectual Disabilities

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-301

  Judge, Joe ^a   Walley, Robert ^b   Anderson, Bethany ^b   Young, Ruth ^b  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Edenhall Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Intellectual disabilities; Policy; Qualitative; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650158548     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2010.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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