Six month outcomes of an innovative weekly intergenerational day program with older adults and school-aged children in a Japanese urban community

Japan Journal of Nursing Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-107

  Kamei, Tomoko ^a   Itoi, Waka ^a   Kajii, Fumiko ^a   Kawakami, Chiharu ^a   Hasegawa, Masumi ^b   Sugimoto, Tomoko ^c  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TENSHI COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling older people; Depression; Intergenerational relationship; Mixed methods longitudinal study; School aged children

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CHILD; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79957475813     PISSN: 17427932     EISSN: 17427924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2010.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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