Intergenerational volunteering and quality of life: Mixed methods evaluation of a randomized control trial involving persons with mild to moderate dementia

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 987-995

  George, Daniel R ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Intergenerational; Mixed methodology; Personal narratives; Quality of life; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OHIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 80052326875     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9837-8     Document Type: Article

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