Social engagement in assisted living and implications for practice

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-238

  Park, Nan Sook ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^b   Kinslow, Kathleen ^c   Shin, Hae Jung ^c   Roff, Lucinda Lee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted living; long term care; qualitative methods; social engagement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 84859376110     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464810384480     Document Type: Review

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