Social Exclusion and Neighborhood Support: A Case Study of Empty-Nest Elderly in Urban Shanghai

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 587-608

  Yuan, Rui ^a   Ngai, Steven Sek yum ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

empty nest elderly; neighborhood support; social exclusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866267142     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2012.676613     Document Type: Article

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