Identifying age-friendly behaviours for bus driver age-awareness training

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-126

  Broome, Kieran ^a   Worrall, Linda E ^b   Fleming, Jennifer M ^b   Boldy, Duncan P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age specific care; Public accommodation; Transportation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONS; QUEENSLAND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79955034719     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2182/cjot.2011.78.2.7     Document Type: Article

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