Gardening and the social engagement of older people

Working with Older People

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 112-122

  Middling, Sharon ^a   Bailey, Jan ^a   Maslin Prothero, Sian ^a   Scharf, Thomas ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gardening; Older people; Participatory action research; Social engagement; Urban communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255152543     PISSN: 13663666     EISSN: 20428790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13663661011176660     Document Type: Article

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