Then and now: Evolving community in the context of a retirement village

Ageing and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-129

  Bernard, Miriam ^a   Liddle, Jennifer ^a   Bartlam, Bernadette ^a   Scharf, Thomas ^b   Sim, Julius ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

community; community identity; community of interest; community of place; retirement village

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; REDEVELOPMENT; RETIREMENT; RURAL SOCIETY; VILLAGE;

AUSTRALIA; BUCKINGHAMSHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83555163824     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X11000079     Document Type: Article

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