Aboriginal Experiences of Aging and Dementia in a Context of Sociocultural Change: Qualitative Analysis of Key Informant Group Interviews with Aboriginal Seniors

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-117

  Lanting, Shawnda ^a   Crossley, Margaret ^a   Morgan, Debra ^b   Cammer, Allison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal culture; Aging; Dementia; Neuropsychological testing

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 79952991288     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-010-9136-4     Document Type: Article

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