Identifying sources of strength: Resilience from the perspective of older people receiving long-term community care

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-156

  Janssen, Bienke M ^a   Van Regenmortel, Tine ^a,b   Abma, Tineke A ^c  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Coping; Development; Older people; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051794252     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-011-0190-8     Document Type: Article

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