Using ecological frameworks to advance a field of research, practice, and policy on aging-in-place initiatives

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Greenfield, Emily A ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Community interventions; Developmental theory; Health care; Social services

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POLICY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGING; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84856426288     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr108     Document Type: Article

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